Don't worry about the hard drive. For one thing the disk is barely used past boot up. Secondly use a CF or DOM to elimnate the rest of your worry.
I figured you wanted to keep the cost down, hence my 493ah suggestion. On 3/6/10, Scottie Arnett <sarn...@info-ed.com> wrote: > > Below: "I do some filters with L7." No, it is a full P4. I forgot to mention > a few things that come to mind. I am using it as DNS server and > redirecting(via NAT) all DNS activity through the MT to use the MT DNS > cache. I am not using web proxy. At the moment it has a Prizm card for > wireless customers(10 total), but I am getting rid of that and going to a > BulletM2HP. I am needing 1 of the 4 ports for this. > > I know several responded before Josh on this and he other list, so I will > try to address the others. I would like to keep these below $250. I can buy > regular x86 much more powerful than this for less money. The reason for > trying to go to routerboards is to have standbys ready to go with minimal > configuration after copying configs over and setting them up. The other > reason is to get rid of the mechanical component of the hard drive...a > mistake I made from the beginning. The last reason is to cover all the > separate things that can go wrong in an X86 compared to a routerboard. > > Thanks for all the replies and I am evaluating all of them. > > Scottie > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > Reply-To: Mikrotik discussions <mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com> > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:01:23 -0500 > >>Are there layer 7 rules or is that a celeron CPU? That seems super high to >> me. >> >>The 493ah can do 10 megs I'm sure. The rules seem to be the cause of >>that CPU usage so I would try to look into that first. >> >>On 3/6/10, Scottie Arnett <sarn...@info-ed.com> wrote: >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> I am thinking about replacing my X86 PC running MT with a routerboard. My >>> current setup is a P4 1.7Ghz with 256 Meg Ram. I am routing 7.5 Mbit, >>> soon >>> to be 10 Mbit. I have 183 filter rules, 76 Mangles, and 215 Simple >>> queues. I >>> do some filters with L7 and I have no DHCP server running. CPU usage >>> averages %20 - %25 and Mem averages around 50 Meg. >>> >>> Are there routerboards available that can handle what I have running now >>> and >>> have some room for growth in the future? I need at least 4 Ethernet ports >>> and do not need wireless at all. Suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Scottie >>> >>> Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as >>> $30.00/mth. >>> Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mikrotik mailing list >>> Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com >>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>> >>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >>> RouterOS >>> >> >> >>-- >>Josh Luthman >>Office: 937-552-2340 >>Direct: 937-552-2343 >>1100 Wayne St >>Suite 1337 >>Troy, OH 45373 >> >>“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to >>continue that counts.” >>--- Winston Churchill >>_______________________________________________ >>Mikrotik mailing list >>Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com >>http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >> >>Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >> RouterOS >>--- >>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >> >> > > > Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as > $30.00/mth. > Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information. > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
