[CentOS] Intel Atom systems?

[Peter Hopfgartner]

I had some of them, too, running for years. The only problem I incurred 
was with a Flash memory that degraded after a while, so I would really 
recommend some of thoses "industrial grade" flash memories. The hardware 
is superb.

Peter

nate wrote:
> Bill Campbell wrote:
>   
>> Any comments on CentOS 5 on Intel Atom CPUs?
>>
>> I need to build a couple of inexpensive systems that will be used
>> primarily as gateway/firewall systems with OpenVPN, and need
>> recommendations in reliable hardware platforms.  These will need
>> two NICs.
>>     
>
> Go with Soekris, they are built for that purpose. You can even
> get an SSL accelerator card for them. Mine has a ~500Mhz AMD
> Geode CPU, 512MB ram, I added a 1GB CF card, it has 4x100Mbit
> NICs, it has a slot for a PCI device, I put a bracket with
> another serial port on there to hook to a UPS, has a USB port,
> and a serial port for console access, draws a tiny amount of
> power.
>
> I don't consider linux a good platform for firewall or VPN
> devices myself, I use OpenBSD, with pf. I have an OpenVPN
> from my soekris box at home to my co-located server(runs
> Debian), have had it hooked up for almost a year now, works
> great. I don't need the SSL acceleration card as my commit
> rate at the colo is only 1Mbit, so I don't want to push a lot
> of traffic.
>
> http://www.soekris.com/net5501.htm
>
> These things are designed from the ground up to be firewall/VPN
> appliances(low end mind you, your not gonna be pushing gigabits
> of traffic through them). The CPU on mine doesn't even have a
> heat sink.
>
> nate
>
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