What hardware is everyone using?
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I would like to see what other users are using for hardware on their current PfSense setups. I am currently running several PfSense boxes and wanting to compare the specs against what I have to see if I need to get more power full machines.
Most of the boxes that I have been running are a Jetway NF9HG-2930 with an Intel CPU N2930 @ 1.83GHz, 4 gigs of ram.
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Sub'd. The amazon reviews of your board are semi-worrisome. I 'm looking for an affordable 1u rackmount solution, and was trying to find a good supermicro solution like the sc-503 but with 4 nics. Or maybe someone has figured out how to make the UniFi Security Gateway Pro-4 run pfsense. :D
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I'm using hp microserver gen8 with E3-1260L and 16G ram. pfSense is virtualized under ESXI 6.5 and works great :)
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PCEngines APU2C4
http://pcengines.ch/apu2c4.htm
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Dell PowerVault NX3000, 32 GB, 6 NICs
pfSense VM under ESXi 6.5.0, 2 vCPU, 2 GB vRAM, 60 GB disk
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As per signature
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HP Slimline Desktop
CPU - Core i3
RAM - 8 GB
NICs - 1 Onboard + 1 PCIe@Colo on Gigabit Fiber
IBM System x3650
CPU - Dual Quad Core Xeon @ 2.66Ghz
RAM - 32 GB
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Self built Mini-ITX system. The motherboard is a "Jetway JNC96-510-LF 1.66GHz Dual Core Atom D510", 4GBs of RAM, 32 GB 2.5"SATA SSD, one Intel PCI gigabit NIC for WAN, one Intel miniPCIe gigabit NIC for LAN, integrated realtek NIC unused so far.
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Pfsense Firewall
motherboard: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5E_Deluxe/overview/
3.2GHz cpu: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Extreme+X9770+%40+3.20GHz
6Gig Ram: http://www.corsair.com/en-au/twin2x2048-8500c5d
120gig HDD
2x netgear 1 gig nic's, NetGear GA311 card
1x builtin Nic 1 gig -
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Jetway NF9HG-2930 (actual today)
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Supermicro D-1508, 1518 or 1528 as a bare bone!
For the near future
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Cheap and works well for my home use.
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Netgate sg-8860
Official hardware
Expensive, but nice as hell.
Also, foss all the way down to the bios.
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All Netgate models. 2220, 2440, 4860. All work great. No issues.
I haven't tried the 1000. I probably won't because its ARM. I'd rather stay on one architecture.
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I use a few things - on a budget otherwise I'd just get the netgate stuff.
I ebayed a 6core xeon dell that is for when theres issues and i can lazily throw cpu at it until i figure it out.
For serious stuff I like the AM1 - though no one makes a motherboard with more pci-e slots in case i need to expand.
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Nano ITX Fanless Server PC J1900 N10A 4LAN
Details:
Intel J1900 Quad Core 2.0GHz;
Intel HD Graphics;
1VGA
4USB2.0;
Support 2G,4G,or 8G DDR3 RAM and MSATA SSD
DC 12V Power Supply
4LAN Intel WG82583 10/100/1000M Ethernet
Realtek ALC662 HD Audio CODEC
High-quality aluminum alloy case, size:134126*36mmThere's a lot of info here https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=113308.msg638972#msg638972
Been using it for about 6 months… so far so good for the money... pushed over 3250mbps through it and it wasn't breaking a sweat.
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i5-2400
PRO/1000 dual NIC
8GB RAM
4x8GB SanDisk Cruzer Blades in raidz2 +1 as automatic hot spare
Consumes ~34W, stupid overkill for my uses.Bought it on eBay for $130 to get into pfSense.
Eventually will switch to a supermicro, low-end xeon or i3 board with integrated 10GbE & SAS to run multiple platforms to include pfSense in ESXi.
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Jetway JNC9C-550-LF Atom N550 (added active cooling to increase livespan)
2GB RAM
2GB SATADOMPFsense is only used at home with SNORT and OpenVPN for max 2 users. No real power is needed. Runs stable as a rock.
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gigabyte el20-3710-32gb
4gb ram
120gb msata -
Current setup
Supermicro X7SBE-O
Core2Duo E8400
4GB Samsung DDR2 non ECC
Extremely old and used up 250GB Seagate SATA driveSoon to be replaced with:
APU2C4
16GB mSATA SSDShould provide a considerable power savings as well as silent running. MY crappy WISP (only option) is 6Mb down 1.4Mb up so no worries about needing to upgrade hardware for quite some time.
