Supermicro X10SBA
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Use an Atom based board. Makes no difference to me. I'm not the one that will be looking for a new board six months later (-;
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I think the old notions of atom processors need to re-evaluated or thrown out the window entirely with the silvermont architecture (avoton and rangeley).
From everything that has been posted by ESF recently, I expect the C2758 to be a workhorse for pfsense users
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Indeed, it seems somewhat farcical that Intel desided to group them in the Atom family. These are far far away from an N270. ;)
Steve
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Heh, I've actually decided (in the end!) to go with the original Supermicro.
Power here costs a bomb (about 25 cents per kwh). Hence, even if I throw boards away when newer more power efficient ones enter the market, it still isn't too bad a proposition to not "future proof" and just get the board that works for now while upgrading in the future as needs increase. Anything is an improvement over the current Asus elcheapo, and this will help me get my feet wet with pfsense first.
If I feel the thirst for more power, then… someone will get to buy my Supermicro off fleabay :P
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I agree with wshyang.
My monthly power bill is half a workers monthly wage. Yes it's that bad. And its just a small shop.
LED lightning is extremely popular here, and people even turn off the fridge at night to save on electricity.
So also a X10SBA for me. Perhaps even two boards.Atom syndrome is today like the Celeron syndrome from a few years ago (socket 370).
A few weeks ago I build a Celeron based system for a friend. It had to be cheap.
At first, he frowned upon the Celeron processor I used for the build.
I explained that the Ivy Bridge Celeron today is already faster than the E8400 core2duo, consuming less power.So yes, I think it is time to review the Atom processor.
Cheers.
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After you build it, tell us how it works.
I'd be interested in CPU load when transferring files at gigabit speed from one VLAN to another or from LAN through WAN.
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I think the old notions of atom processors need to re-evaluated or thrown out the window entirely with the silvermont architecture (avoton and rangeley).
From everything that has been posted by ESF recently, I expect the C2758 to be a workhorse for pfsense users
I've got a C2758 board here with embedded Intel 10G. It's my new toy. With luck, I'll get things 'tuned' (likely: rewritten somewhat) to be able to packet filter and VPN at 10Gbps throughput.
