I second this. An atom board with ECC and a pci NiC to add the ports you need is a great solution. I have a supermicro running and the performance is fantastic.
I think you can get an 1u barebones for a good price On Aug 9, 2013, at 9:27 PM, "William Ahern" <will...@25thandclement.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 06:50:19PM -0500, Francisco Valladolid H. wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Hermes Ojeda Ruiz <hermes....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> I've used the Soekris brand. http://soekris.com/, but they are a little >>> expensive. (In M?xico taxes are a big problem). >> >> Yes, taxes and import duties are a pain. >> I have a pair of Soekris 4501 running OpenBSD 4.6 yet! >> >>> >>> In two months I'll test ALIX appliances: >>> http://pcengines.ch/alix.htm >> >> I don't found rack cases for this cards. > > Try netgate.com. They resell and repackage from various vendors, including > PC Engines. They sell ALIX boards in 1U cases. > > I need to upgrade my ALIX board 'cause it's too slow for IPSec, even with > the VPN card. > > Intel just came out with new Atom chips with ECC support. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182782 > > It might be easier and cheaper to just toss that into a 1U case.
