Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Hardware suggestions

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

We have one of the Mini-ITX solutions here:

  http://www.logicsupply.com/

You can get them with compact-flash, two onboard NIC's, USB, CD drive.
They are available in very small cases, and rack mounts too.
Some are even fanless!!!  :-)

 - BS


> Hi all,
> 
> do any of you have any experience to share about either dedicated appliances 
> (like routerboard.com) or no-name assembled-to-your-desire hardware running 
> DL?
> 
> We are currently managing 35 firewalls, and the oldest are now in service for 
> 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 small 
> rackmountable machines, 1U, a little bit deeper than for example Cisco 2500 
> series routers. Unfortunately they have been discontinued and we had to move 
> on to the bigger RX 100 series, that is a lot bigger and really overkill for 
> our needs.
> 
> What we would need is: 
> 1 USB, 
> 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, and 
> buying overseas is generally a real hassle.
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot for any hints/experiences
> 
> 
> Frank
>