[Devil-Linux-discuss] Hardware suggestions

[Frank W. <Fra...@ct...>]

Hi all,

do any of you have any experience to share about either dedicated appliance=
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(like routerboard.com) or no-name assembled-to-your-desire hardware running=
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DL?

We are currently managing 35 firewalls, and the oldest are now in service f=
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about 4 years, so  we will have to face replacement sooner or later.

We started out with the relatively cheap Fujitsu-Siemens L100, that were sm=
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rackmountable machines, 1U, a little bit deeper than for example Cisco 2500=
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series routers. Unfortunately they have been discontinued and we had to mov=
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on to the bigger RX 100 series, that is a lot bigger and really overkill fo=
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our needs.

What we would need is:=20
1 USB,=20
1 IDE port OR a flash-card interface
at least for NICs, preferably Gigabit, but not necessarily all of them
1 PCI-port would be nice (for additional nic)

rackmountable and low energy consumption would be a plus.

A salespoint in Europe is also preferable, as we are a public institution, =
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buying overseas is generally a real hassle.


Thanks a lot for any hints/experiences


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