I don't think the celeron CPU will have any problems coping with that. Consider getting two of the machines and CARPing them, for redundancy and load balancing (not that you will likely really need that). Also consider putting some extra cash down on a hw raid controller, and 2 scsi disks for each machine, and run raid 1 on them, for even more failover safety.
Alec Paolo Supino wrote: > Hi > > I'm in the process of configuring a Dell PowerEdge 860 as firewall > and I debating what kind of CPU to get for the firewall for an office > of about 50 people, 20MB metro ethernet, and 15 lightly used Internet > servers: FTP, web, DNS, email, NTP, etc ... In addition for the > computer being a firewall it will also act as a NIDS and IPSEC peer > (something like 10 concurrent tunnels). The options I have for the CPU > are: > 1. Intel Celeron 336 at 2.8Ghz/256K cache, 533Mhz FSB. > 2. Dual Core Intel Pentium D 915 at 2.8Ghz/2x2MB cache, 800Mhz FSB. > 3. Dual Core Xeon 3050, 2.13Ghz, 2MB cache, 1066Mhz FSB. > 4. Dual Core Xeon 3060, 2.40Ghz, 4MB cache, 1066Mhz FSB. > 5. Dual Core Xeon 3070, 2.66Ghz, 4MB cache, 1066Mhz FSB. > > I have to be very price concious so will the celeron CPU hold the > load or should I take one of the Xeon CPU's for the load? > > > > > TIA > Paolo
