Jason is correct. Those Supermicro boxes are awesome. Be careful when
ordering though... they want ECC memory.

The APUs from Netgate are nice too-the year of bundled support has already
saved my bacon a number of times. Well worth the cost.

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Jason Whitt <jason.wh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ive ran as vm's using vmxnet3's as well as physical on these
> http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=16-101-837
>
> Both are viable options.
>
> Jason
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 5, 2015, at 11:11 AM, Walter Parker <walt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've used pfSense in a VM on my ESXi application server. This is mostly to
> firewall the Windows VMs from the Internet.
>
> If you want fail-over, I'd suggest getting one of the new Netgate (
> http://store.netgate.com/NetgateAPU2.aspx or
> http://store.netgate.com/1U-Rack-Mount-Systems-C84.aspx) or pfSense (
> https://www.pfsense.org/hardware/#pfsense-store) embedded systems with an
> SSD. Then you can run a full install that supports package installs with a
> power budget of ~10-15 Watts for the APU units. Then you have a choice of
> getting a second HW unit for an additional $400 to $1000, or setting up
> pfSense in a VM (not on a separate VMware server, on an existing VM server).
>
> The higher end HW systems on those pages are 8 core Atom systems built for
> run pfSense (of course, the power requirements will be in the 100W range).
> With an SSD, these systems should last for a long time with no issues.
>
> How much firewall horsepower do you need? What are your constrains (time,
> money, space)?
>
> P.S. You can run packages on embedded in 2.2, you just want to be careful
> not to run packages that would trash the SD card with too many writes.
>
>
> Walter
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Chuck Mariotti <cmario...@xunity.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  Have been using pfSense for years at our datacenter, very happy with it
>> running on old dedicate hardware with failover. The hardware is overdue to
>> be retired and I'm wondering what people are doing/recommending for a
>> datacenter setup. We want to use OpenVPN Server, IDS, dBandwidth, etc... so
>> need to keep out option open for the ability to run packages... behind it
>> we are running multiple servers and vCenter/ESXI servers.
>>
>>
>>
>> What's the go-to setup for a datacenter these days?
>>
>>
>>
>> Do we stick with two dedicated boxes?
>> Since we pay for power, nice to have lower power... So do we go as low as
>> using embedded hardware? It used to not be recommended for packages... still
>> the case I assume?
>>
>> So I'm leaning towards some of the newer SuperMicro Atom boxes (quad
>> core, or 8 core!!??! etc...).
>>
>>
>>
>> But then I see so many people running pfSense in VMWare and I wonder if
>> we should consider this. Then I think about the hardware needs and VMWare
>> Licensing (would like to avoid)... and what else can I run on the hardware
>> along side without hurting pfSense from running properly, etc...
>>
>>
>>
>> If pfSense is setup to failover, that means the hardware can be cheap....
>> No RAID needed.
>>
>> If dedicated, do I go with Hard Drives/SSD drives? USB? We need packages...
>> can I run it off of USB stick then or do I still need HDD/SSD?
>>
>>
>>
>> If setting up new hardware so can run pfSense as Virtual Machines... I
>> would need two VM Hosts running pfSense as VM's so would have the
>> failover... What should we consider for the hardware in this case... should I
>> go with RAID w/HDD/SSD on ESXI? If pfSense is setup for failover, do I
>> really need RAID? But I assume I would need something reliable if I'm going
>> to run other non-pfsense VMs on the same hardware... so I would need RAID
>> w/HDD/SSD and it would need to be larger... what are other people running in
>> datacenter setups along side the pfSense? I don't want to put it onto our
>> existing vCenter infrastructure, licensing/costs and isolation needed. Do I
>> setup one hardware as basic, no RAID running ESXI and pfSense, and the
>> other more robust setup (RAID, more memory).
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm really interested in what people are using in production
>> environments/datacenters.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> pfSense mailing list
>> https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
>> Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
>>
>
>
>
> --
> The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of
> zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.   -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis
>
> _______________________________________________
> pfSense mailing list
> https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
> Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> pfSense mailing list
> https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
> Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
>
_______________________________________________
pfSense mailing list
https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold

Reply via email to