I want to build a truenas server with the cheapest CPU I can find that can support ECC RAM: Celeron G4900T + 64gb ECC RAM + 4x18 TB SAS drives.

I don’t have experience with ZFS or with truenas (core or scale), how much important is the CPU?

Use case: hundreds of thousands of small files mostly under 1 mb, but just 2-3 concurrent users

  • Esra@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve upgraded from Xeon E3110(DDR2-665) to Celeron G4300(DDR4-2666), I feel confident attesting that CPU is much less important than RAM clockspeed for overall ZFS performance. YMMV