Best Hardware?
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Please notice though that the Jetway cards mentioned above are full length PCI-E Mini cards. The DQ77KB have one full and one half length PCI-E Mini card slots and several other motherboards only support half length PCI-E Mini cards :'(
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Welp, just purchased everything.
Intel 530 120 SSD
Intel DQ77KB Mini-ITX
Intel Core i3-3240 Dual-Core Processor 3.4 Ghz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155
Kingston Value RAM 4GB 1600MHz PC3-12800 DDR3 Non-ECC CL11 SODIMM SR x8 Notebook Memory -
You may want to return that 530 SSD and get a S3500, or find an old Intel 320 somewhere.
We don't ship the 530s at Netgate. There are reasons, including the lack of a cap to keep the SSD alive long enough to complete the write to the correct flash sector.
http://lkcl.net/reports/ssd_analysis.html
Now that we have the pfSense store launched, the best hardware for pfSense comes from pfSense itself.
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The retired 320 series has a very, very good reputation among our customers. Everyone loved that line, and found it very reliable. Hopefully the S3500 line does similarly well as it appears to be doing so far. Power loss issues are as important (and sometimes more important) than overall longevity. It doesn't matter how long the drive lasts if it gets corrupted any time the power fails longer than your UPS does.
An 80GB S3500 is only about $120 on Newegg, a 120GB S3500 is $150. It's not that much more expensive than the 520, and well worth the extra few bucks for the cap and the extra piece of mind.
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@gonzopancho:
You may want to return that 530 SSD and get a S3500, or find an old Intel 320 somewhere.
We don't ship the 530s at Netgate. There are reasons, including the lack of a cap to keep the SSD alive long enough to complete the write to the correct flash sector.
http://lkcl.net/reports/ssd_analysis.html
Now that we have the pfSense store launched, the best hardware for pfSense comes from pfSense itself
I didn't see this post till now and unfortunately I already have everything up and running :(
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It's only an issue if you have regular power outages. I'm sure there are many thousands of 530s out there in desktops running without an issue.
Steve
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It's only an issue if you have regular power outages. I'm sure there are many thousands of 530s out there in desktops running without an issue.
Steve
Thanks for all the help and advice Steve, appreciate it! Here are a couple pics of the build. I really like this In-Win K2 case. System temp is 27C right now, about 19% CPU is my norm with the packages I have installed thus far.
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It's only an issue if you have regular power outages. I'm sure there are many thousands of 530s out there in desktops running without an issue.
Steve
Both of my main pfSense boxes at work are using Intel 530 SSDs. There's nothing wrong with them as long as ONE of the following is true:
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You are using a UPS and have your system set to shutdown at low power. (This is true of most non-enterprise SSDs)
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You don't care about the (tiny) possibility of needing to reinstall your system. (I use CARP + AutoConfigBackup so it's not an issue for me)
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It's only an issue if you have regular power outages. I'm sure there are many thousands of 530s out there in desktops running without an issue.
Steve
Both of my main pfSense boxes at work are using Intel 530 SSDs. There's nothing wrong with them as long as ONE of the following is true:
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You are using a UPS and have your system set to shutdown at low power. (This is true of most non-enterprise SSDs)
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You don't care about the (tiny) possibility of needing to reinstall your system. (I use CARP + AutoConfigBackup so it's not an issue for me)
Any UPS you recommend for home use?
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Any UPS you recommend for home use?
I use these, plus the remote monitoring cards. I like them because of the Sine Wave output.
http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SMT1500
If you're looking for something cheaper then APC's Back-UPS Pro line is nice.
