Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:14:55 +1100 From: Andrew Snow <andrew@modulus.org> To: Matthias Gamsjager <mgamsjager@gmail.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Choosing CPU for router Message-ID: <4BA02D0F.9060807@modulus.org> In-Reply-To: <585602e11003160552v483ea17bh4ca3f4228c3f3723@mail.gmail.com> References: <C7C53AE3.2441C%jon.otterholm@ide.resurscentrum.se> <585602e11003160552v483ea17bh4ca3f4228c3f3723@mail.gmail.com>
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Matthias Gamsjager wrote: > Way over the top for simple fw and dhcpd. but how much traffic will > be involved? > Investing in a good nics will return more then a pricey cpu and > motherboard (eec mem is good idea for 24/7 tho). Agreed. The Supermicro Atom miniserver is more than enough CPU grunt for this sort of routing/ipfw task. The main reason to go Xeon is if you need ECC RAM, and even then you can get away with just using the cheapest CPU available. - Andrew
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