Server recommendation!!!! Urgent
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So our pfsense box died at our client's site today. It was running on an ancient core2duo system.I need suggestion about which supermicro server to pickup.
We have cp with 200 users (online 50-60 max) and bandwidth of 80mbps.Also we use squid guard.I have sorted out some of the servers kindly give me feedback.
https://www.serverbasket.com/shop/supermicro-5018a-ftn4-server/
or,
https://www.serverbasket.com/shop/supermicro-5018a-tn7b-1u-rack-mount-server/
or,
https://www.serverbasket.com/shop/supermicro-5018d-ln4t-1u-server/
you can also leave your suggested links.
We will pair it with 1TB WD black HDD and 4gb of RAM. -
Two of those machines appear to be based on the Intel Atom C2x58 processor. I'd avoid that processor right now unless you can be sure that it's a new stepping (which hasn't been seen in the wild yet) or already has a platform work-around implemented.
See the following thread for info on the C2x58 woes: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=125105.0
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Go for the D1508. The Atom C2xxx series has issues as noted here https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=125105.0
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Go for the D1508. The Atom C2xxx series has issues as noted here https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=125105.0
can u suggest a specific model?
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The third link in your post seems good.
https://www.serverbasket.com/shop/supermicro-5018d-ln4t-1u-server/
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I'd have a hard look at the 5018D-FN8T - it's the 4core Xeon D with a far better lineup in available interfaces. OK if you only need 2-3 NICs thats fine, but I'd take the FN8T with it's 4 cores and 6(!) Gigabit NICs AND 2 SFP+ 10G ports over any other version of the lineup. Sadly the only Xeon D board of Supermicro with real networking in mind and not throwing in strange mixes of interfaces. :)
