Re: Hardware recomendations please
Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2008-12-02, nuffnough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey there. My firewalls are getting old, so I thought it would be a great idea to replace them. I figured that a budget of around $1500 would be more than adequate, but because no one makes mobos with 5 pci slots anymore I am struggling to get these under $2800. I have requirements for 6 legs plus the carp sync (which I could do with a usb nowadays, so that means just 6). The rest of the system is relatively undemanding, so 4 gig RAM is overkill, and it doesn't require huge CPU grunt either. It would be great if I could fit it into a small formfactor case to save rackspace, but this isn't worth $2k to me. Please recommend mobo/NIC combo that would fit within the budget! Most 1U servers have at least two onboard network interfaces (dell r200, dell 1950, hp dl140, dl145, ...) and there are a few choices for 4-port PCI-X and PCIE cards. If you look harder you find 6-port ones too e.g. hotlavasystems.com (copper or SFP, Intel chips, look like rebadged solway.co.kr boards) and silicom.co.il (copper, Broadcom). Or "firewall-on-a-stick" as mentioned before is a good option in some environments (tagged VLANs to a managed switch). Ever considered non "standard" PC's (what it might mean). http://www.soekris.com/net4801.htm http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm these really cuts your budget and are well OpenBSD supported.
Re: Hardware recomendations please
On 2008-12-02, nuffnough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey there. > > My firewalls are getting old, so I thought it would be a great idea to > replace them. I figured that a budget of around $1500 would be more > than adequate, but because no one makes mobos with 5 pci slots > anymore I am struggling to get these under $2800. > > I have requirements for 6 legs plus the carp sync (which I could do > with a usb nowadays, so that means just 6). The rest of the system > is relatively undemanding, so 4 gig RAM is overkill, and it doesn't > require huge CPU grunt either. It would be great if I could fit it > into a small formfactor case to save rackspace, but this isn't worth > $2k to me. > > Please recommend mobo/NIC combo that would fit within the budget! Most 1U servers have at least two onboard network interfaces (dell r200, dell 1950, hp dl140, dl145, ...) and there are a few choices for 4-port PCI-X and PCIE cards. If you look harder you find 6-port ones too e.g. hotlavasystems.com (copper or SFP, Intel chips, look like rebadged solway.co.kr boards) and silicom.co.il (copper, Broadcom). Or "firewall-on-a-stick" as mentioned before is a good option in some environments (tagged VLANs to a managed switch).
Re: Hardware recomendations please
I just bought an Asus P5KPL-C, if you're going really cheap. http://asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=563&l4=0&model=1978&modelmenu=2 The onboard Gbit ethernet is not compatible with OpenBSD, it lacks onboard graphics, but has 4 onboard sata ports available and 1 pata, if you need them. Has 3pci, 1x pcie x16, 1x pcie x1 As for nic cards I use realtek, but I'm cheap! On Dec 2, 2008, at 07:43, nuffnough wrote: Hey there. My firewalls are getting old, so I thought it would be a great idea to replace them. I figured that a budget of around $1500 would be more than adequate, but because no one makes mobos with 5 pci slots anymore I am struggling to get these under $2800. I have requirements for 6 legs plus the carp sync (which I could do with a usb nowadays, so that means just 6). The rest of the system is relatively undemanding, so 4 gig RAM is overkill, and it doesn't require huge CPU grunt either. It would be great if I could fit it into a small formfactor case to save rackspace, but this isn't worth $2k to me. Please recommend mobo/NIC combo that would fit within the budget! TIA nuffi
Re: Hardware recomendations please
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:43:39 +1100, nuffnough wrote: >Hey there. > >My firewalls are getting old, so I thought it would be a great idea to >replace them. I figured that a budget of around $1500 would be more >than adequate, but because no one makes mobos with 5 pci slots >anymore I am struggling to get these under $2800. > >I have requirements for 6 legs plus the carp sync (which I could do >with a usb nowadays, so that means just 6). The rest of the system >is relatively undemanding, so 4 gig RAM is overkill, and it doesn't >require huge CPU grunt either. It would be great if I could fit it >into a small formfactor case to save rackspace, but this isn't worth >$2k to me. > >Please recommend mobo/NIC combo that would fit within the budget! OK I know how many ether ports you need but little else. However I have just received two of these http://www.yawarra.com.au/product.php?productCode=HW-NT55-R2 (Go down the spec list and choose the 500MHz processor for board 1, choose the LAN 1641 for board 2 and you will see a price of $1220.00) The price includes Aussie GST 10% so divide by 1.1 and then correct for $AUD1=$US0.64 and you get a nice surprise. You could just buy the case and get the boards from Soekris. Also note that the internal PSU is specced at 240V input but the input range is 100-240VAC. I have to configure two of these in a CARP setup with BGPd handling a /21 IPv4 feed and a /32 IPv6 feed with three sources (1 v4, 1 v6, 1 both). That's really fun - I've never done any BGP before but, after all, I am using OpenBSD so I'll get there somehow. 8-) > >TIA > >nuffi > *** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. I subscribed to the list. Mail to the sender address that does not originate at the list server is tarpitted. The reply-to: address is provided for those who feel compelled to reply off list. Thankyou. Rod/ /earth: write failed, file system is full cp: /earth/creatures: No space left on device
Re: Hardware recomendations please
On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 05:43:39PM +1100, nuffnough wrote: > Hey there. > > My firewalls are getting old, so I thought it would be a great idea to > replace them. I figured that a budget of around $1500 would be more > than adequate, but because no one makes mobos with 5 pci slots > anymore I am struggling to get these under $2800. > > I have requirements for 6 legs plus the carp sync (which I could do > with a usb nowadays, so that means just 6). The rest of the system > is relatively undemanding, so 4 gig RAM is overkill, and it doesn't > require huge CPU grunt either. It would be great if I could fit it > into a small formfactor case to save rackspace, but this isn't worth > $2k to me. > > Please recommend mobo/NIC combo that would fit within the budget! Any server, some extra gigabit cards and a good manageable switch. That will take an extra rack unit but should fit in $1500. With the small (depth-wise) supermicro servers it might actually fit in 1U but that's a bit hack-ish. -- Jussi Peltola
Re: Hardware recomendations please
I'd recommend building some Supermicro boxes on the 512L-260B/PDSBM-LN2+ (1u, s775, 946gz) platform. You can build a very nice box and pair it with riser card and a quad port DFE-570TX NIC and come in well under your $1500 budget. If you need exact part numbers, I can get you the ones we use. On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 17:43 +1100, nuffnough wrote: > Hey there. > > My firewalls are getting old, so I thought it would be a great idea to > replace them. I figured that a budget of around $1500 would be more > than adequate, but because no one makes mobos with 5 pci slots > anymore I am struggling to get these under $2800. > > I have requirements for 6 legs plus the carp sync (which I could do > with a usb nowadays, so that means just 6). The rest of the system > is relatively undemanding, so 4 gig RAM is overkill, and it doesn't > require huge CPU grunt either. It would be great if I could fit it > into a small formfactor case to save rackspace, but this isn't worth > $2k to me. > > Please recommend mobo/NIC combo that would fit within the budget! > > TIA > > nuffi > -- James Maurice Shupe | HermeTek Network Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] | *NIX Consulting and Hosting GPG signed mail preferred | http://www.hermetek.com Plain text mail preferred | 1.866.325.6207 Key fingerprint: D484 EACC 9D0F A2A5 5277 C4A8 5704 1987 A938 DF3A This Email is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521 and is legally privileged. The information contained in this Email is intended only for use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by telephone 1.866.325.6207 and destroy the original message. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]
Hardware recomendations please
Hey there. My firewalls are getting old, so I thought it would be a great idea to replace them. I figured that a budget of around $1500 would be more than adequate, but because no one makes mobos with 5 pci slots anymore I am struggling to get these under $2800. I have requirements for 6 legs plus the carp sync (which I could do with a usb nowadays, so that means just 6). The rest of the system is relatively undemanding, so 4 gig RAM is overkill, and it doesn't require huge CPU grunt either. It would be great if I could fit it into a small formfactor case to save rackspace, but this isn't worth $2k to me. Please recommend mobo/NIC combo that would fit within the budget! TIA nuffi
