I’m thinking of setting up a file server that just functions as a file server and has three NICs:
- 10GbE NIC
- 40GbE NIC
- 1GbE NIC
If I am going to max out these connections simultaneously how low can I go in terms of CPU power?
Can I do this with a dual core Pentium? What about a i3-4350?
First at all you need to look at L3 cache speed of your CPU.
Second on memory bandwich.