Minimum CPU spec to max out 40GbE and 10GbE dual 10GbE simultaneously?

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Homelab@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 10 months ago

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?

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