<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> I would suggest this in general for pure filer where you do not have that many parallel threads. Processing a thread faster than the ability to run more simulatiously seems more efficient. For an ESXi box with a virtualized ZFS storage VM that runs together with other VMs, this is different. In such a situation I would prefer more cores over a higher frequency for a similar price. <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 10.04.2016 um 12:23 schrieb Michael Rasmussen: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:20160410122332.552956a2@sleipner.datanom.net" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 12:05:47 +0200 Guenther Alka <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alka@hfg-gmuend.de"><alka@hfg-gmuend.de></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Use any Xeons, prefer frequency over number of cores. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Is that a general recommendation or only for this specific setup? </pre> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> <pre wrap="">_______________________________________________ OmniOS-discuss mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com">OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss">http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>