Netgate FW-7551 vs RCC-VE 2440

auroranl

Hi,

I ordered a rcc-ve 2440 and want to add a HDD for the disk intensive stuff. I see the board has a SATA II port, but how can you power the HDD?

jasonlitka

@auroranl:

Hi,

I ordered a rcc-ve 2440 and want to add a HDD for the disk intensive stuff. I see the board has a SATA II port, but how can you power the HDD?

I suspect it has something to do with "12 VDC Power Input Connector (call for ATX availability and MOQ)".

I'd suggest using a mSATA SSD instead.

auroranl

Jason,

I am planning on running Squid and other disk write intensive addons and was under the impression based on other forum posts that SSD is niet advised in that case. Any views on this are most welcome.

@auroranl:

Hi,

I ordered a rcc-ve 2440 and want to add a HDD for the disk intensive stuff. I see the board has a SATA II port, but how can you power the HDD?

I suggest that m-sata is your best choice here.

I've got a 512GB m-SATA in one right now. :-)

@Jason:

@cmb:

@Keyhaku:

Apart the price and the fact that RAM is non ECC on the RCC-VE 2440, I don't really get the difference.
Do you see anything important that would differentiate them ?

Mainly the "Pre-order now. Ships in March 2015." part. :)

Those will replace the existing platforms like the 7551 once they're available. They aren't yet.

@Keyhaku:

P.S : Do you know a good vendor in Europe that would see these 2 boards ?

We ship worldwide. There will be resellers in Europe, info to come.

I emailed Netgate the other day and haven't heard back yet. Is that early March or late March?

mid-March

bennyc

@Keyhaku:

Bump !

Any news about Europe Store that would sell RCC-VE 2440 ?

Bump +1

(I've seen the new shiny SG-2440…)

Keyhaku

Up !

Still no news about resellers in Europe ?

@henrik_meyer:

I have just ordered 2 to Denmark.
Excited to see the final price incl tax.

Have you received it ? Can you tell us about the final price ?

paulsgrigg

Am also interested in info about European distributers

ph32

I just received a RCC-VE 2440 device, here are the additional costs I paid for importing to Europe:

€ 22 bank fee
$ 28 bank fee (could be more than actually needed)
$ 50 delivery costs
20% tax (on product price AND delivery costs, paid to the postman, depends on your residence)
no customs
shipment duration of 2 days

Hope this helps,

have a nice day

PS: the supplied power adapter is 40W category V and compatible to IEC-320-C13 cables

bennyc

Seen those new black boxes recently at varia-store.com, prices in €, german distributor, who has +- normal prices compared with others. For that 2240 model, their webshop lists: "Price: from 643,79 EUR excl. Shipping costs"

rate today: USD/EUR 0,89

So you payed €488 (device+shipping) + €97 (20% tax) + €22 (bank fee), that equals about €608 incl. Shipping costs.
(under the assumption you only payed once a bank fee, otherwise we need to add €25 (=$28, but not sure what you mean with your comments)
Even with that 2nd fee added, you bought it cheaper than when through European retail store, but you had to cope with bank fee(s), extra tax, and of course the risk (unknown factor).

Interesting.

ph32

@bennyc:

Seen those new black boxes recently at varia-store.com, prices in €, german distributor, who has +- normal prices compared with others. For that 2240 model, their webshop lists: "Price: from 643,79 EUR excl. Shipping costs"

rate today: USD/EUR 0,89

So you payed €488 (device+shipping) + €97 (20% tax) + €22 (bank fee), that equals about €608 incl. Shipping costs.
(under the assumption you only payed once a bank fee, otherwise we need to add €25 (=$28, but not sure what you mean with your comments)
Even with that 2nd fee added, you bought it cheaper than when through European retail store, but you had to cope with bank fee(s), extra tax, and of course the risk (unknown factor).

Interesting.

Device listing price: $353. What I payed in total: €492

Looks expensive, but don't forget that usually no tax is included in the listed prices in us shops. You only have to pay the tax for your country (where the package is imported to).

The $28 were basically a buffer in case bank fees on their side occur. Not really a legitimate practice, but I did get $18 back later on. The €22 fee was the charge of my local bank for the bank check and currency change (many us companies do not provide international bank account numbers).

PS: I did not find any EU reseller at time of ordering.

But you are right:

http://varia-store.com/Ready-Systems/pfSense/pfSense-SG-2440-Security-Gateway-Appliance::27988.html

that's the same device.

If the alrdy installed pfSense and the included support is important to you - that's maybe the better choice.

PPS: It's possible to order the board only, thats about $100 cheaper, but the case is actually quite nice.