On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Laurent Wandrebeck l.wandrebeck@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:18:26 -0600 Tom Bishop bishoptf@gmail.com wrote:
I would get a dell r210 from the outlet site and then load pfsense, been running in multiple locations, solid and works great.
Do NOT use pfsense if you have to use realtek cards. I used to (1.2.3 and 2.0.1), and lost connection regularly, need to reboot to get it back… Flee realtek as much as you can :)
You shouldn't be using realtek NIC's in a production, or even just a large-ish server environment in anycase. Rather use Intel.
Back to the topic though, how does one guarantee 100% uptime on the firewall level when you use a standard dedicated server? Even if the server (Dell / Intell / SuperMicro / you name it...) has redundant PSU's and HDD's, there could still be hardware failure. And, unless you buy 3 or 4 at a time, you may run into a where once you pop the HDD into a new (standby?) chassis that something may not be compatible and the firewall might be down for a few minutes, or even hours while you search for a solution on the internet, or with the hardware vendor.