On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:21 AM, Nataraj <incoming-cen...@rjl.com> wrote:
> On 05/15/2011 05:56 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > > On 05/15/11 5:00 PM, Miguel Medalha wrote: > >> http://routerboard.com/pricelist.php?showProduct=98 > >> > >> 13 Gigabit ports > > note 10 of those ports are on ethernet switches, so the actual router > > probably only has 5 ethernet ports, 3 dedicated and 2 switch groups of 5 > > ports each. > > > > also note this doesn't run centos, it runs the vendors own proprietary > > RouterOS linux distribution. > > > If your looking for a more enterprise solution that runs linux and is > Red Hat certified, there's always the Dell R210 with configurations > ranging from a Celeron (about $500 USD), Core I3, on up to a quad Xeon > starting at $820 USD, 2 onboard broadcom gigE's and 1 X16 PCIexpress > slot which could host a 4 port gigE card. It supports the Dell remote > access controller. The only advantage I see to the Atom based system is > they probably use a bit less power. > > Nataraj > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > I have always liked the look of the 19" 1u case from varia ( http://www.varia-store.com/) for firewalls, but you willl have an issue getting 5gb nics with one of these cases. When I needed something similar with four 4gb nics i used an ASUS Hummingbird board with a Travla C146 case. The board has two intel gb nics on the board, and one PCIe X1 slot. I used the PCIe slot to add two intel PCI cards to get x4 gb nics in total. I also have a PCIe x1 to PCIe x16 riser/adapter from linitx.com to allow the eventual installation of 4port gb intel card to give 6 gb nics in total. I don't know how quick or otherwise my 4gb nic setup is but i have not noticed any issues with it during the last 9 months or so. jk
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