If you pick up an inexpensive dual core CPU at frys/newegg and a
couple gigabit cards you'll be in excellent shape. there's little you
can't do with that kinda processing power routing wise (there is an
upper limit to the number of vpn clients you could accomidate if you
decided to add a vpn server, for example). Get a decent mobo with
enough PCI-E ports for your quality, name brand NICs, and as many 1/2GB
RAM sticks as you can afford up to what the motherboard supports, and
you'll be in excellent shape and on an awsome budget.
On 10/11/2010 7:41 AM, Smokin Chevy wrote:
I will be pushing 25 - 30 Mbps at this point. This will have a
private internal network with "Average" usage behind it. Up until now
I have always had a FreeBSD box doing this job with no port forwards
(Basically just an internet sharing role). I plan on redoing the box
as it has started having slight hardware issues and decided to go
Ubuntu/Shorewall since that is what they use at my work (which I took
over as IT Manager and admin the box). Now the only networking
changes that I am considering doing is moving some public servers to
behind it. I have had a FreeBSD email server, Ubuntu Asterisk server,
CentOS Web server, and a Windows 2k8 server open to the internet with
real world IP addresses. I know, everyone is cringing right about
now, but I have kept up with the local security on the boxes and not
had a problem. The asterisk box is running showewall on it for it's
own protection (I cut out most of the crap out there by black listing
Russia and China). Anyway, I have been thinking of moving those boxes
to behind the firewall. At that point it will be routing for a half
dozen low volume websites and a half dozen email domains.
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez
<robe...@connexer.com <mailto:robe...@connexer.com>> wrote:
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 08:06:50AM +0200, Simon Matter wrote:
> > Does anyone have any suggestions for hardware requirements?
Will a single
> > core have the same throughput as a dual core? Amount of RAM?
I will be
> > using Ubuntu Server.
>
> Do you want to push some Mbits/s or multi Gbits/s through your
firewall
> and do you plan to handle VPN connections terminated on the same
box? That
> can make a difference but without any information nobody can
really tell
> you something useful.
>
It is also worth noting that if you wish to do traffic shaping
that will
impact your hardware requirements as well. It is worth noting that if
you plan to do traffic shaping or accounting, that will require more
powerful hardware.
However, Simon is right. Without more details it is impossible to
give
you anything resembling a sensible answer.
Regards,
-Roberto
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