Recent content by mjturner

Yes, there's no reason why not - each port can be in a different VLAN. You can control this either at OS level or on the switch (the latter is preferable).

Thanks for the feedback. I think pfSense can probably squeeze a bit more out of the hardware than OpenBSD as FreeBSD's pf implementation is multi-threaded (which is why it's still stuck at OpenBSD 4.5-style syntax due to the divergence), but I'm hoping the E3-1220v3 will still be good for a few...

Following this thread with some interest. I'm currently using an OEM Dell R220 (Xeon E3-1220v3) with 4x1GigE interfaces (2xIntel 82571EB PCIe, 2xBroadcom BCM5720 onboard) running OpenBSD as my firewall/router and am expecting the installation of 1Gbps fibre in the next few weeks (initially 1Gbps...

Just spotted this one too, and it's not too far from me (half hour drive or so), but as others have said - too power hungry for my liking. Still, it would pretty much double my core count at home... ;)

I'm not the OP, but I'm not sure if SuperMicro does have a J1900-baed board with IPMI. My X10SBA certainly doesn't have it (does have console redirect over serial though).

I'm also looking (well, for 16GB DDR3 ECC RDIMMs), so have sent a PM :)

Ignoring hardware differences, one nice thing about the R710 is that it's surprisingly quiet for a 2U server. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Do all CT-040s come with Supermicro X8DTH motherboards? I've done a bit of digging online and couldn't find too much detail. Definitely a bargain for the chassis alone.

@Patrick Excellent, thanks - I remember reading that around the time it was published but I didn't think to revisit it now that I'm looking to buy.

Came across exactly that PM863 listing last night while pondering buying some second hand ~500GB enterprise SSDs for my "new" R710. In the past I've normally gone for new consumer grade products (eg, Samsung 840/850 Pros), but I'm thinking of going a different route for this build. What's the...