CPU Recommendations for 10gbe NAS

[Lochie A]

I was after some CPU recommendations for a new NAS build, I'm planning on running 4 hard drives at the moment with 2 nvme ssd's on Unraid. I was planning on including a 10gbe NIC, not really because I need it but because i'd like to try it and I can get some sfp+ 10gbe nics for cheap. I'm not planning on running a media server on it, it will basically just be for storage and a home assistant vm and maybe a docker container for some 3D printer stuff. I was after some recommendations for the CPU. I don't think I need something too powerful but i'm not sure with the 10gbe networking and one or two vm's. ideally it will be as power efficient as possible. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Might want to look at ZFS in unraid or other options as unraid's pool is pretty slow as its single disk onlly.

 

But almost any CPU can do 10gbe file copes these days, like a i3 12100 is more than plenty, and where I'd start looking.

[Lochie A]

Thanks, thats good to know.

 

Would you have any recommendation for an OS? I was mainly thinking Unraid because of being able to add more drives in the future but I hadn't really looked to see what would be the best yet.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Lochie A said:

Thanks, thats good to know.

 

Would you have any recommendation for an OS? I was mainly thinking Unraid because of being able to add more drives in the future but I hadn't really looked to see what would be the best yet.

TrueNAS is nice. 

 

Really depends on the other programs/vms you want on the NAS too.

[aggie113]

If you're running spinning rust then the CPU will not be the bottleneck unless you REALLY cheap out.  If you don't care about power efficiency then maybe try to find a deal on a Xeon that's a few years old.