: >> I was just about to ask about this. I've been very happy with Nexcom >> 1563s as pf firewalls, especially with the disk-on-chip. No moving parts >> is good. (And thanks misc@ for this recommendation.) >> >> But the Nexcoms have only 100Base-T interfaces and now I've got a >> requirement for gig boxes in a couple of data centers. >> >> Any recommendations for carp/pfsync hardware with these specs on each box? >> >> - - at least 3 x 1000Base-T (mandatory) >> - - disk on chip if possible (not mandatory) >> - - fanless (not mandatory) >> - - rack-mountable (not manadatory) >> >> Any reasonable RAM and CPU speed considered, in the context of pushing >> traffic at ~100-300 Mbit/s. >> >> Or am I better off just buying el cheapo PCs and relying on carp and >> pfsync for redundancy? >I have been very pleased with my FWA-9106 from iBASE. >http://www.ibt.ca/v2/items/fwa9106/index.html > >Mine have P4 CPU at 3.2GHz and 1GB of DDR400 (can take up to 4GB) >NICs are 4 msk (Marvell 8053) and 2 em (Intel 82541) interfaces. >There is also two PCI slots at the back and I believe a third at the front. >
These look like an updated version of the embedded machines I bought from Portwell a few years ago. (2GHz P4 Celeron, 4 x em + 2 x fxp, CF, etc, etc)
