[CentOS] Firewall/Gateway Hardware Question

Tue Oct 15 18:31:03 UTC 2013
Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com>

Hi,

we are running 51 ipsec vpns on an Atom D510 at 1.66ghz and the load
average is .07.

HTH,
Steve

On 10/15/2013 02:13 PM, Terre Porter wrote:
> I've not worked with Atom processors but I'll look in to it.
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
>
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> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Terre Porter <tporter at 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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