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    • K
      Keyz last edited by

      Hi folks..

      I'm looking at returning to pfsense as a main FW instead of router rubbish, so im looking at running pfsense on this.

      http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-ProLiant-DL160-G6-Rack-Server-Dual-Quad-Core-L5630-Xeon-2-13GHz-16GB-DDR3-RAM-/121918899445?hash=item1c62eec4f5:g:KdQAAOSwu4BVrlsP

      Anyone shed any light on this ? Any good,

      Ill be running squid off this to and a few other things.

      Keyz

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      • Derelict
        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate last edited by

        Looks like overkill to me. I'd be concerned about power consumption and noise level.

        Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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        • K
          Keyz last edited by

          Ill shed some light.

          I'm not really fussed about power or noise as its getting tucked up out of the way into a sound proof room :)

          It will be fed by a dedicated 1Gb  symetrical fibre line.

          It will also be linked to a 10Gb  switch Via SPF+  which will also see a 25 x 3TB hdd server ( 70TB ) attached.  This will also connect to the net and have a FTP running off it.

          Id like to know it will be able to cope with the internal demand and demand from the net.

          I will no doubt also be running  a little  wireless lan off this also for local gaming partys , so being able to cope as max speed as possible would be reassuring.

          Plus i want it to be future proof, as to when i fibre my home network as the kids never seem to go out and love watching films, downloading crap 24x7.

          Keyz

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