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      zax123
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      Actually, this looks like a good deal, especially with 10% off first order:

      https://www.blinq.com/detail/electronics/printers-networking-office/networking-routers/lenovo-thinkserver-ts140-5u-tower-server-xeon-3-2ghz-4gb-ram-70a4001lux/156830?condition=brand-new

      Should I go for it?

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        Guest
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        @zax123

        pfSense box 1
        pfSense box 2

        Both will do what you want and need, for ~$299 or ~$310 it will be perhaps in the same price range
        as you search but much better then the bigger once compared to the power consumption!

        • 8 GB RAM
        • mSATA

        Will be rocking for a long time together with pfSense for sure.

        • Snort
        • SARG
        • ClamAV
        • pfBlocker-ng
        • Squid & SquidGuard

        You will be able to built a real UTM device with this.

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          zax123
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          @BlueKobold,

          Thank you for this recommendation.  You mention + 8GB of memory, so pfSense would need 8GB of memory on these Celeron boxes, and I will get an mSATA or SATA SSD.  I assume 128GB is big enough.

          I am going to wait till Black Friday to see if either of these go on special and grab one the cheapest possible.

          Thanks again for the info!

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            zax123
            last edited by

            Oh by the way, my 1gigabit WAN comes in via PPPoE.  Are both of these Jetway boxes capable of handling that along with everything else?

            Thanks!

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              Guest
              last edited by

              You mention + 8GB of memory, so pfSense would need 8GB of memory on these Celeron boxes

              You might be also lucky with 2 GB or 4 GB of RAM, pending on the installed packets and running services.

              and I will get an mSATA or SATA SSD.  I assume 128GB is big enough.

              For sure it will be really a big one for that.

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                nikkon
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                Not sure you can process 1gb via PPPoE because issue #4821 is still not solved.

                pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                Happy PfSense user :)

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                  Guest
                  last edited by

                  Not sure you can process 1gb via PPPoE because issue #4821 is still not solved.

                  This is quite right, but on the other side you don´t be able to compare each CPU against another
                  CPU core because this CPUs are not identically for sure.

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                    nikkon
                    last edited by

                    True!

                    pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                    Happy PfSense user :)

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                      nikkon
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                      Hi all,

                      Mobo in the house!!! finally.
                      Still need to wait for the ECC ram (just seen that non-ecc is no longer supported on C2758)
                      will be back with performance review and maybe new unexpected issues  :P

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                      pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                      Happy PfSense user :)

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                        Guest
                        last edited by

                        @nikkon
                        What is the vendor and name of the mini ITX-case?

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                          nikkon
                          last edited by

                          supermicro
                          http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Atom/X10/A1SRi-2758F.cfm

                          pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                          Happy PfSense user :)

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                            nikkon
                            last edited by

                            the board is superb…works and feels damn powerful :)
                            Tons of CPU settings that i never thought they exist  :P

                            pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                            Happy PfSense user :)

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