buy advice for new homeserver

no_Legend · 9. November 2015

Hi,

i’m looking for a new omv server.
I’m not clear which cpu i need for my new server.
At the moment my system is an old athlon II x2 250 with 8gb RAM.
The old system got problems during transcode the hd tv.

I want to use the following services on the serverPlexmediaserver inclusiv transoding
- Tvheadend inclusiv trancoding
- Zoneminder as surveilance sollution
- pyload
- samba
Transcoding = i want to transode any videosource for my ipad, iphone, plex on firetv, plex on smarttv and so on.
It should also be possible to transcode up 4 HD streams at the same time.
Perhaps also capable to stream 4k movies.

Hardware requirments:
2x Gigabit Nics on Board (port trunking) if possible both intel nic
1x SATA for SSD
6-10x Sata für HDD (WD Red 3TB)

Allready here:
ATX 19" Rack (cant remember the suplier )
SSD Toshiba thnsnj25
4x WD10EADS (age about 5 years)

Dont want to pay to much for the new system and for the power of the year. 24/7

Any advice for a CPU and mainboard are welcome.

Cheers Robert

tinh_x7 · 9. November 2015

If you plan to use your OMV for a lot of transcoding media, and/or virtualization, then buy at least an i3 or better yet, an i5.

duna4 · 10. November 2015

Take a look this MB from Asrock C2750D4I

http://www.asrockrack.com/gene…l=C2750D4I#Specifications

no_Legend · 11. November 2015

@duna4
are you sure that the atom has enough power to transcode 4 hd streams at the same time?
According to plex i need for each stream 2000 passmark points.

Means after my research i need at least an xenon e3-12xx .

After a search on https://www.cpubenchmark.net/ the C2750 ATOM got a Reating 3560

tekkb · 11. November 2015

You probably need an i7. Definitely not going to do it with an i3.

ryecoaaron · 11. November 2015

Zitat von tekkb

You probably need an i7. Definitely not going to do it with an i3.

He didn't say i3. He said xeon e3-12xx which is equivalent to a high end i5/low end i7. That is what I have in my home server. I haven't tried four hd streams but it had no problem with two hd and two sd streams.

tekkb · 11. November 2015

Look at post higher.... I didn't read the most recent by him. Yeah, the Xeon would be good.

ryecoaaron · 11. November 2015

He said he researched it and needed an xeon e3-12xx. That told me it was known that an i3 was not good enough. So, why recommend a more expensive cpu?

tekkb · 11. November 2015

Zitat von tekkb

I didn't read the most recent by him. Yeah, the Xeon would be good.

I was reading from top down. I think this is self-explanatory.

no_Legend · 11. November 2015

It is really crazy to see that i need an xeon.
I can't believe that plex needs so much power.

ryecoaaron · 11. November 2015

You don't need that much power unless you are truly transcoding four HD streams at the same time. Are you really doing that??

tinh_x7 · 11. November 2015

You can avoid transcoding if you convert the media files before hand.
Plex actually use less power than Emby.

tekkb · 11. November 2015

If he only wants to direct stream 2 high def an i5 is probably fine. The new 6 gen can do 4k, for those connecting your server to your TV.

HellDiverUK · 16. November 2015

Or forget about Intel and buy an AMD FX chip. The chip I have happily transcodes 3 streams. If you go for a FX8320E, with will be able to run 4 streams no problems (I tested that chip on my Windows box and it can do 4 streams no problems). You can also use ECC RAM on the FX platform if you choose your motherboard carefully - most Asus AM3+ board work and support ECC.

It's very difficult to beat the FX line for price/performance. My CPU and motherboard cost the same as an i5 chip alone.

Power consumption isn't a massive issue either, it idle about 30W and transcoding it's using 120W peak.

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