VIA EPIA-M920
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Hi all,
I'm about to buy a MB for my home fw.
I was looking for an ATOM cpu but i just found that VIA has several products quite interesting.
I was checking the EPIA-M920, quad core 1.2GHz + dual GigaBit.It seems to be the only option with Advanced Cryptografy Engine (besided Geode from Alix)
http://www.viaembedded.com/en/products/DatasheetPreview/1830/12720/VIA_QuadCore_Flyer_20110909.pdf.htmlWhat do you think about this?
Has anyone tested pfsense on via? -
That PDF took forever to load. Maybe they're running that web server off a Via CPU…
Anyway, the first thing I noticed, before reading anything, is that this isn't a quad-core CPU. The giant picture on page 1 shows two dies which means that it's actually two dual-core CPUs glued together. The next thing I noticed is that this flyer seems to be almost 3 years old, making this pretty old tech. That's confirmed by the shockingly-high TDP on this thing.
Have you looked at the new Atom CPUs? Despite sharing the name, they're absolutely nothing like the older ones.
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hi,
Thx for the reply…Yes i was looking to 525 and also Intel Celeron J1900 or AMD Zacate.
I have several options with Inte / AMD based cpu but none of them have Encryption on bord. -
hi,
Thx for the reply…Yes i was looking to 525 and also Intel Celeron J1900 or AMD Zacate.
I have several options with Inte / AMD based cpu but none of them have Encryption on bord.The new Atom CPUs have AES-NI but you don't need it unless you're trying to push hundreds of Mbit/s (it also won't be very effective, if at all, until pfSense 2.2).
How much bandwidth do you have? What packages, if any, do you want to run?
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i have ~ 13-15 MB/s
need to have always 10 ipsec connections to a vcenter + all other firewall ruses + snort
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Is that Mbit/s or Mbyte/s? If the former, that's nothing and pretty much anything faster than an Alix (eg. new APU board or older Atom) should be fine, even with Snort & IPSec. If Mbyte/s then you'll need something a bit faster. The new Atoms will do it, as will an i3 or better. Not sure about the APU. I haven't tested one.
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Thx for the reply,
I have foud some interesting mobo's mini-atx format from Asrock server based section.The price is damn high….but you get ecc ram, quad & octa core atoms + Intel Gbit LANS
http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=C2750D4I
http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=C2550D4I
http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=AD2550R/U3S3 -
Thx for the reply,
I have foud some interesting mobo's mini-atx format from Asrock server based section.The price is damn high….but you get ecc ram, quad & octa core atoms + Intel Gbit LANS
http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=C2750D4I
http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=C2550D4I
http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=AD2550R/U3S3The first two are designed for storage systems and the last is a previous generation Atom.
I'd suggest the board below. I'm using one at home and it's the same board in the pfsense-certified system in the store.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Atom/X10/A1SRi-2758F.cfm
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looks verry nice…but also more expensive :(
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It's more expensive than the ASRock boards because it has quad i354 NICs (vs the dual i210 which based on some recent posts doesn't currently work), IPMI, can be powered by a simple 12V DC brick, and the CPU is the C2758 variant which includes QuickAssist. Not to mention that SuperMicro is simply a more reliable, server-oriented brand.
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yep it makes sense and for sure makes it a good investment :)
