[CentOS] 1U firewall hardware

[James Kelly]

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:21 AM, Nataraj <incoming-centos at rjl.com> wrote:

> On 05/15/2011 05:56 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
> > On 05/15/11 5:00 PM, Miguel Medalha wrote:
> >> http://routerboard.com/pricelist.php?showProduct=98
> >>
> >> 13 Gigabit ports
> > note 10 of those ports are on ethernet switches, so the actual router
> > probably only has 5 ethernet ports, 3 dedicated and 2 switch groups of 5
> > ports each.
> >
> > also note this doesn't run centos, it runs the vendors own proprietary
> > RouterOS linux distribution.
> >
> If your looking for a more enterprise solution that runs linux and is
> Red Hat certified,  there's always the Dell R210 with configurations
> ranging from a Celeron (about $500 USD), Core I3, on up to a quad Xeon
> starting at $820 USD,  2 onboard broadcom gigE's and 1 X16 PCIexpress
> slot which could host a 4 port gigE card.  It supports the Dell remote
> access controller.  The only advantage I see to the Atom based system is
> they probably use a bit less power.
>
> Nataraj
>
>
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I have always liked the look of the 19" 1u case from varia (
http://www.varia-store.com/) for firewalls, but you willl have an issue
getting 5gb nics with one of these cases.

When I needed something similar with four 4gb nics i used an ASUS
Hummingbird board with a Travla C146 case. The board has two intel gb nics
on the board, and one PCIe X1 slot. I used the PCIe slot to add two intel
PCI cards to get x4 gb nics in total. I also have a PCIe x1 to PCIe x16
riser/adapter from linitx.com to allow the eventual installation of  4port
gb intel card to give 6 gb  nics in total.

I don't know how quick or otherwise my 4gb nic setup is but i have not
noticed any issues with it during the last 9 months or so.

jk
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