I'm considering grabbing a Dell Optiplex 7010 SFF with an Intel Core i5-34xx CPU to use as a basic headless home server, primarily for backup of /home directories from other machines and for media storage. I would like to know if any of you have experience with running recent versions of FreeBSD on this hardware.
I have found two posts which highlight issues with FreeBSD's handling of the Dell UEFI implementation on various Optiplex models - including the 7010 - but fortunately legacy BIOS mode does exist as a workaround. Are there other similar issues to be aware of?
Concerning power consumption, this website states 35 watts which I think is reasonable, but I would like to be able to suspend the machine when not in use overnight and during working hours. Is suspend to RAM via zzz(8) well-supported on the Optiplex 7010? Is FreeBSD able to reduce power consumption effectively for CPUs in the Intel Core i5-34xx series when idle with powerd(8) enabled or via other means?
I have found two posts which highlight issues with FreeBSD's handling of the Dell UEFI implementation on various Optiplex models - including the 7010 - but fortunately legacy BIOS mode does exist as a workaround. Are there other similar issues to be aware of?
Concerning power consumption, this website states 35 watts which I think is reasonable, but I would like to be able to suspend the machine when not in use overnight and during working hours. Is suspend to RAM via zzz(8) well-supported on the Optiplex 7010? Is FreeBSD able to reduce power consumption effectively for CPUs in the Intel Core i5-34xx series when idle with powerd(8) enabled or via other means?