Sure, guess I should have saved time and posted it :)
System board:
Super Micro:
http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron/nForce/H8DCE.cfm
OR
Tyan S2895 KWE: http://tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html
Notes - I prefer the super micro. It has a better slot configuration and
has not suffered any 'wierdness' like the Tyan did. No show stopper on the
Tyan, just little things that made the process more difficult. And the Tyan
is now more expensive. The super micro can be purchased from
MonarchComputer.com (no relation of course).
NICs:
SysKonnect SK-9E22. x4 PCI-E, two port gig
CPU:
AMD Opteron 275, dual core, two of them
Memory:
Crucial DDR400, we used 4 gig x 4 sticks. No issues with it.
Drives:
On the Tyan we went with SCSI, 15K U320 Seagate drives (36Gb). For the
controller in that machine we have an Adaptec AAC raid, 2230SLP. We are
just using the super micro SATA interface on the other one (NVIDIA chipset
in both).
Video:
Cheapest thing I could find at about 30 bucks :)
For the case and PS we went with a 4U rack mount case and 680W power supply.
Beware that the super micro is a big board so get a sufficiently large case.
I really like the Antec case we have:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129165
Only problem is it comes with a PS already so it is kind of a waste of money.
That said, we went ahead with an extra 680PS just to be safe and make sure
we are in spec with what is recommended.
Everything went perfectly with the super micro! The Tyan issues were related
to having NICs in the PCI-E slots instead of a video card. Long story short
I had to populate all of the slots with PCI devices for it to work. Tyan
didn't know why, and I didn't care enough to bother with it. It does work
and is very stable when running.
Cost of the super micro system when purchased was 4,723.01 and the Tyan when
purchased earlier this year was 5,176.11. Prices haven't gone down much on the
CPUs..
-brad
> Would be very interested in your hardware configuration.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Neil
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Doctor
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 10:11 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Ntop-misc] High End QoS
>
> Good question on single/dual. For our purposes we want as many CPUs as
> possible
> to balance the user-space load, ie multiple snort processes. That said
> we
> still are challenged to keep the system busy, but for now that isn't a
> bad
> thing. FYI we built our system in the states for about 5K or so, with
> SATA
> drives. If anyone would like the parts list, happy to provide. Cheap
> way to
> explore the options.
>
> -brad
>
> > After some reading we have found a bit more info:
> >
> > > Yes, I know Opterons are better for this, but we have the
> following
> > > problem. None of the "OEM Security Appliance" providers use
> Opterons,
> > > and few "brand" names use them.
> >
> > OK, now I see HP, Sun and IBM provide opterons. One question, its
> > better to use single or dual core? I mean, will a firewall / qos /
> > netflow system really use the dual core? (of course, Im talking about
> > 2.6 kernel)
> >
> > > If we purchase one of those branded
> > > names (HP, Sun) we will find another problem, we dont know of any
> PCI
> > > card (Express) with 2x Gigabit Ethernets but at the same time with
> LAN
> > > Bypass feature.
> >
> > We have found a couple of providers by now :)
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
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