Re: [pfSense] AMD APU - Good Performer?

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:28:34 -0700

Maybe there is no relation between freeBSD and kubuntu/opensuse, but my experience with Sandy Bridge on those 2 OSs has not been great at all. Kubuntu 11.04 is working, but not very stable.  OpenSuse 11.4 would crash a few times a day.

Again, maybe FreeBSD is more advanced in its drivers and everything will work perfect.

Mark

On 09/19/2011 12:46 PM, Steven Sherwood wrote:

Hi again,

 

Thanks for your reply – what about the Sandy Bridge Celeron B710 and B800?  Are they more frugal than the i3 in terms of power?

 

Looks like the max TDP of the B800 is 35W – not sure how that translates into idle consumption.

 

Apart from the added cost, it does look like a good option.  (I think the Atom/AMD Fusion systems are still going to be cheaper.)

 

-- Steven

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Seth Mos
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 2:25 PM
To: pfSense support and discussion
Subject: Re: [pfSense] AMD APU - Good Performer?

 

Hi,

 

I can't comment on the AMD APU although it should be reasonable.

 

A 2nd gen intel core i5 does about 15W standby, and there are mini itx boards available. If you skip the i5 and use a core i3 that should shave you 2 cores of idle power and the higher clock should help throughput. The asus board I looked at had a pci-e x16 slot that could take a Intel Quad port PT. 

 

I am using Dell R310 servers with a Core i3 3.2Ghz at work. A quick test did 600mbit over iscsi. Should be able to push gigabit.

 

Regards,

 

Seth

 

 

Op 19 sep 2011, om 20:14 heeft Steven Sherwood het volgende geschreven:



Hello list,

 

I’m considering a few different platforms for low powered but Gigabit capable firewall/routers, and have been looking at Mini-ITX systems based on Atom processors.

 

In my searching, I have found that AMD has entered the mix with their new “APU” processors – I’m seeing a few Mini-ITX boards with the 1.6 GHz AMD eOntario T56N APU integrated.

 

Does anybody on the list have any experiencing with this kind of processor?  Looking at specs, it should outperform Atom quite a bit.  I’m wondering if this is still true when considering networking, specifically pushing out Gbit network speed across multiple interfaces.

 

Thanks,

 

-- Steven Sherwood

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