The D525 is about four years old, at this point just about any atom will be significantly faster. If you look for the right motherboards (mini-ITX format) you'll find ones with Intel gigE chips onboard that are properly supported in any recent Linux kernel.
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Ken Hohhof via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > I have several small Linux servers using Atom D525 processors for tasks > like DNS and RADIUS, I even have one running Win7 that I use for PRTG and > CNUT and RDP sessions. Put a couple 128 GB SSDs in them and with passive > cooling and low TDP you have an almost indestructible little server. > > Going forward, I'm wondering if I should look at the newer C2750 version, > it would seem to support more memory and storage, 4x as many cores, 2x as > many threads, higher clock speed, more cache, supports ECC memory, but at a > higher price and TDP, and the Ethernet NICs might not be as good as the > 82574L chips on the motherboards I have been using. Also at that price > point you could question the value compared to just using an i3 or E3 > processor. And even if the D525 is an old design with limited cores, cache > and memory addressing, it does the job, so the only reason to use the newer > chips may be for future proofing. > > So has anyone done the analysis or actually deployed C2750 based servers? > >
