From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 26 16:29:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 431F9106566B for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:29:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jkikpole@cairodurham.org) Received: from na3sys009aog112.obsmtp.com (na3sys009aog112.obsmtp.com [74.125.149.207]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF4368FC20 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:29:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f177.google.com ([209.85.161.177]) (using TLSv1) by na3sys009aob112.postini.com ([74.125.148.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKTbby6PoQTPYQ9vcnDx8vx98KouGhxdBh@postini.com; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:29:30 PDT Received: by mail-gx0-f177.google.com with SMTP id 2so326072gxk.36 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:29:28 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.11.5 with SMTP id 5mr941491ybk.29.1303833874035; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:04:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.147.136.18 with HTTP; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:04:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:04:34 -0400 Message-ID: From: Jaime Kikpole To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Hardware suggestions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:29:31 -0000 I'm looking for new hardware for my web filter (FreeBSD + dansguardian + squid). Can anyone suggest good (or warn about bad) models of hardware for this? I'm looking for a small tower or compact chassis (not rack mount) with two ethernet interfaces. I'd like RAID-1 as well, if possible. I can spend anywhere from $1,000 to $3,500. My current system works well (2.0GHz, dual core, 8GB RAM, RAID-1, two 160GB disks, 3 100Mbps NICs), but I want to replace it with two identical boxes. Right now, its a single point of failure. So I'm hoping to rsync configs between two systems that are on line at all times. Then, if I need up upgrade software or the hardware breaks, I can just swap the box. Any pointers on this project are appreciated, especially what models of computers would work well with FreeBSD. Thanks in advance, Jaime -- Network Administrator Cairo-Durham Central School District http://cns.cairodurham.org