[talk] pfSense home unit

[Charles Sprickman]

> On Jan 14, 2018, at 3:30 PM, George Rosamond <george at ceetonetechnology.com> wrote:
> 
> Charles Sprickman:
>> 
>>> On Jan 14, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Brian Cully <bcully at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On January 12, 2018 at 13:02:15, Isaac (.ike) Levy 
>>> (ike at blackskyresearch.net) wrote:
>>>> I'll second Shawn on this, there was just a thread on PCEngines
>>>> this in December, here's my long ramble: 
>>>> http://lists.nycbug.org/pipermail/talk/2017-December/017422.html 
>>>> In short- the PCEngines people are awesome, the gear is stellar
>>>> for your purposes.
>>>> 
>>>> PCEngines board - apu2c4 - $132 http://pcengines.ch/apu2c4.htm
>>>> 
>>>> Case - case1d2blku - $10.00 (Case can be black, red, blue) 
>>>> http://pcengines.ch/case1d2blku.htm
>>>> 
>>>> AC adapter 12V 2A US plug - ac12vus2 $4.40 
>>>> http://pcengines.ch/ac12vus2.htm
>>>> 
>>>> SSD M-Sata 16GB MLC - $17.80 http://pcengines.ch/msata16g.htm
>>>> 
>>>> $ 164.20 - Each Router + shipping.
>>> 
>>> Thanks, everyone. I did end up purchasing an apu2c4. Price was
>>> higher than this (by almost $100!), though. pcengines was sold out
>>> of their boards, and external vendors were more expensive. But at
>>> least it all comes pre-assembled, so less waiting for parts.
>> 
>> Just another option to think about…  I was recently looking for a
>> replacement for a personal 1U box on ebay (and I missed a good one by
>> hours!), but I found quite a few people selling Supermicro 1U Atom
>> boxes.  Maybe not the best, but cheap, can likely survive without a
>> fan, and you likely jam more ports in there.
>> 
>> Example of an ended auction:
>> 
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Server-Supermicro-Intel-Atom-D525-Mini-1U-Rackmount-SATA-TESTED-Working-Great-/232596282461?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=gWZ%252FyqhCG6KLYlzQFPHYl3Gdr5U%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
>> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/Server-Supermicro-Intel-Atom-D525-Mini-1U-Rackmount-SATA-TESTED-Working-Great-/232596282461?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=gWZ%2FyqhCG6KLYlzQFPHYl3Gdr5U%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc>
> 
> When it comes to Atoms, I have lost my patience for most purposes,
> unless it's for a specific low-power single-function.
> 
> They are so incredibly underpowered that I'd prefer a decent i386 box in
> many cases.
> 
> Mark S had recommended, and I'll +1 it, to recommend Dell R210 II for
> small half-depth servers.  Cheap, and pack a decent processor and RAM
> maximum is good.

This looks to be a bit newer, only 14W TDP, so probably quiet and cool:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101874&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=supermicro_1u_atom-_-16-101-874-_-Product <https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101874&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=supermicro_1u_atom-_-16-101-874-_-Product>

2.4GHz, but no idea how that relates to other processors, I’m assuming a much
newer Atom series than the ebay model (and 4 GbE ports).

C

> 
> Of course, all this discussion makes me feel queasy with the ugly Intel
> reality today.
> 
> g
> 
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