If you are looking to make a nice little network appliance I saw four of these on ebay for $150 each: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SuperMicro-...otherboard-and-CPU-Combo-MM3-SD-/131630243374 might be worth grabbing (I am very tempted!)
These have not only AES-NI but also QA which pfSense is allegedly going to be using soon. More than enough (and then some) for router, firewall, proxy and etc up to 1gbps without issue.Wow, that's nice. How is the performance of this as a router? I mean aren't the E3 Xeons practically overkill for that kind of stuff anyway?
just my opinion:These have not only AES-NI but also QA which pfSense is allegedly going to be using soon. More than enough (and then some) for router, firewall, proxy and etc up to 1gbps without issue.
router only? I would say overkill for regular use..Wow, that's nice. How is the performance of this as a router? I mean aren't the E3 Xeons practically overkill for that kind of stuff anyway?
'Cept for the corners of the chip when it's soldered to the board itselfrouter only? I would say overkill for regular use..
if VPN is the major connection ( 5 or more), get i3 or E3 due on encryption and decryption.
I like I3 and E3 power consumption scaling.. good during idle and performance.
btw... I avoid marve... chipset. they tend to cut all corners
While I am not generally fond of buying stuff with the hope that something "might" be implemented in the future, the rangeley platform has some serious potential for becoming an awesome VPN box. As Patrick mentioned, Rangeley (c2558/c2358/c2758) supports QuickAssist, which is a separate crypto engine that should be many times more efficient than using AES-NI.if VPN is the major connection ( 5 or more), get i3 or E3 due on encryption and decryption.
I wish UTM would freakin' support OpenVPN client connections. It's literally the ONE thing stopping me from using it on my home network. I use it at work and love it.I have the A1SAi version of this board, and I run Sophos UTM 9 on it, and its rock solid, and performs awesome. Highest CPU so far is about 9% when I was doing a major version upgrade a few months past.
Only thing to be aware of, these boards DO NOT support ANY non ECC memory. So just make sure you plan for that when ordering hardware (my supplier told me my ram was ECC, when in fact it wasn't, and I had to wait an extra 2 weeks to get my ram... grrrr).
http://feature.astaro.com/forums/17...sl-vpn-convert-ovpn-to-apc-epc-for-site-to-siI wish UTM would freakin' support OpenVPN client connections. It's literally the ONE thing stopping me from using it on my home network. I use it at work and love it.
Yup I've seen that thread. It's amazing they won't/haven't implemented it. Seems like such an easy thing considering they already support site-to-site openvpn connections between UTM firewalls.
I'll take those.I have a couple of 8gb ecc sodimms that I used in a SuperMicro C2750 that I'll let go for $40 ea if anyone needs memory for one of these boards.
Yeah, I got the last one. STH is very bad for my wallet.the sale is sold out