Stuart Henderson wrote:
On 2008-12-02, nuffnough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey there.
My firewalls are getting old, so I thought it would be a great idea to
replace them. I figured that a budget of around $1500 would be more
than adequate, but because no one makes mobos with 5 pci slots
anymore I am struggling to get these under $2800.
I have requirements for 6 legs plus the carp sync (which I could do
with a usb nowadays, so that means just 6). The rest of the system
is relatively undemanding, so 4 gig RAM is overkill, and it doesn't
require huge CPU grunt either. It would be great if I could fit it
into a small formfactor case to save rackspace, but this isn't worth
$2k to me.
Please recommend mobo/NIC combo that would fit within the budget!
Most 1U servers have at least two onboard network interfaces (dell r200,
dell 1950, hp dl140, dl145, ...) and there are a few choices for 4-port
PCI-X and PCIE cards. If you look harder you find 6-port ones too e.g.
hotlavasystems.com (copper or SFP, Intel chips, look like rebadged
solway.co.kr boards) and silicom.co.il (copper, Broadcom).
Or "firewall-on-a-stick" as mentioned before is a good option in some
environments (tagged VLANs to a managed switch).
Ever considered non "standard" PC's (what it might mean).
http://www.soekris.com/net4801.htm
http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm
these really cuts your budget and are well OpenBSD supported.
