I've not worked with Atom processors but I'll look in to it.
Thanks for the info.
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of SilverTip257 Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 12:36 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firewall/Gateway Hardware Question
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Terre Porter <tporter@webpage-builders.com
wrote:
I've given up on getting the other machine to work so I'm looking at building a new one.
The machine will be a firewall/gateway running NAT, Web Proxy with Dansguardian, DHCP, DNS, NTP and VPN (~6 clients).
I read so much about VPN encryption and the processor needs, now I am unsure if this will work.
You'll likely need to determine how many VPN tunnels you're going to run simultaneously and then find benchmarks on the web.
I can get this for AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor for under $120 (it's on sale), would it work ?
Seems like overkill to me.
I'd suggest more along the lines of an Atom-CPU based system. One of those mini-ITX setups that use 20W or thereabouts.
Just my two cents.
Any thoughts?
Thanks, Terre
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