Hardware for 100Mbit OpenVPN

da_blubb

Hey just wanted to ask if the following setup ist ok for my purpose.
I want to reach about 100MBit over OpenVPN to my server(i3, 16gb ram) at another location(100bmit connection).

Intel DN2800 or D2500CCE
4GB Ram
30GB SSD
op top pfsense

stephenw10

Nope!
Neither of those Atom based boards will reach 100Mbps OpenVPN. You might get 60-70Mbps. See here for test results from a D510.

Steve

da_blubb

Is there a cheap and power-saving alternative?

stephenw10

Depends how cheap and how much power you can spare. ;)
A system based on a low end Sandy Bridge CPU can be build relatively cheaply and uses surprisingly little power. For example: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,44269.0.html

Steve

da_blubb

So the following should do it?

Intel Celeron G465
+
Intel DH61AGL

stephenw10

I would have thought so though I've never seen any test reports from that. I've seen people recommend avoiding the g440 because of its low cache size. The g465 is not much better. Maybe go for the g530t or similar, at least those are dual core.

Steve

da_blubb

Its not available here in germany anymore.
May the G630T or G1610T could make it?

stephenw10

Yes those should easily handle it.

Steve