Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:34:23 -0700 (PDT) From: "M. V." <bored_to_death85@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Gigabit Router Hardware Specs Message-ID: <744570.28847.qm@web59709.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
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hi,
i want to setup a router-box with freebsd 8.0. with four Intel Pro/1000 NICs.
the network i'm using router for, is a large and complicated network with high
traffic almost all the time (up to 800Mbps for each of 4 NICs). and route table
may get large. so these are my questions:
1- first, i wanted to know what hardware specifications do you recommend (RAM,
CPU, ...)?
2- about CPU, which feature is more important? Cache, Core-Speed, number of
Cores, FSB, ....?
3- as a followup to my second question, which of these CPUs do you think is more
suitable for me? and why?
a) Intel Core2-Quad q8300 (2.50GHz)
b) Intel Xeon e5405 (2.00GHz)
c) Intel Xeon e5420 (2.50GHz)
d) Intel Core-i5 540M (2.53GHz)
thank you.
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