From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 15 14:47:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E151D16A403 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:47:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drechsau@Geeks.ORG) Received: from mail.geeks.org (jacobs.Geeks.ORG [204.153.247.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 957E543D49 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:47:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drechsau@Geeks.ORG) Received: by mail.geeks.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2AA3A159093; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:47:45 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:47:45 -0500 From: Mike Horwath To: Jason Stone Message-ID: <20061015144745.GC98831@Geeks.ORG> Mail-Followup-To: Jason Stone , NOC Prowip , freebsd-performance@freebsd.org References: <20061014130331.68863.qmail@web33312.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <200610141113.25155.tec@mega.net.br> <20061015042016.C2780@treehorn.dfmm.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061015042016.C2780@treehorn.dfmm.org> X-PGP-Fingerprint: D8 24 CC E6 47 5F E4 60 BF B7 6E FA BF C7 6E C5 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 6A89 E78A B8B1 69D9 8CDB E966 4A5A C3F9 A1B0 C381 User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) Cc: NOC Prowip , freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Performance 4.x vs. 6.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:47:46 -0000 On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 04:56:09AM -0700, Jason Stone wrote: > for my home firewall/router, I used to use a general-purpose machine > in a full-sized atx case, with lots of fans, and a 400W power > supply. I switched to a soekris box, which is completely tiny, > completely silent, and draws about 8W, and it paid for itself in > reduced power bills in a couple of months. this box is also > probably not going to be "64bits and memory of 4GB or more" any time > soon either.... Shhh...don't use facts as examples to the contrary. -- Mike Horwath, reachable via drechsau@Geeks.ORG