Will A SMB without L3 capable switches, that needs routing between 3-4 local subnets (LAN, SERVERS, WIRELESS/GUEST, OTHER/DMZ) as close to wirespeed as possible, be happy with a C2758. ?
Very. Is a dual socket Xeon a bit faster? Yes. Does your application need that speed? Unlikely. Really depends on what you mean by "wirespeed". The case I always seem to run into is Clients on the LAN, moving a bulk amount of data to/from NAS devices on the SERVER or DMZ subnet, that is typically backup data or data that are somewhat being replicated. I work a lot with companies dealing in media, and RAW images and/or video is very huge, and devices to store it on is dead cheap. I also work a lot with virtual environments; backup and replication of virtual machines also generate huge files, which need to be transferred as fast as possible. So having a hardware router that can both handle internet access from the many LAN clients, and hours of forwarding at interface speed between a few other interfaces is what I would like. Let’s say that we have a Intel Rangeley Atom 8-core C2758 box with 5 interfaces. (WAN, LAN, SERVERS, OPT1, OPT2) Will it be able to handle forwarding the packets generated from copying approx. 1 TB of files from LAN to SERVERS and OPT1 to OPT2, and services 50 computers + 50 phones with heavy internet usage. NAT only, very few rules. ? I ask because I have no idea how powerful the new Atom’s is. - Ulrik Lunddahl
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