Hello Paolo Then at least make sure you get a machine with a backup psu and raid. If downtime is expensive (and it tends to be for most companies) you want to make sure that your assets are covered when the hw fails :)
Alec Paolo Supino wrote: > Hi Alexander > > I completely agree with you and in the long run it will happen, but > getting a second machine is beyond my budget for the next couple of > months. > > > > > TIA > Paolo > > > > > > Alexander Lind wrote: > >> I don't think the celeron CPU will have any problems coping with that. >> >> Consider getting two of the machines and CARPing them, for redundancy >> and load balancing (not that you will likely really need that). >> Also consider putting some extra cash down on a hw raid controller, and >> 2 scsi disks for each machine, and run raid 1 on them, for even more >> failover safety. >> >> Alec >> >> Paolo Supino wrote: >> >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I'm in the process of configuring a Dell PowerEdge 860 as firewall >>> and I debating what kind of CPU to get for the firewall for an office >>> of about 50 people, 20MB metro ethernet, and 15 lightly used Internet >>> servers: FTP, web, DNS, email, NTP, etc ... In addition for the >>> computer being a firewall it will also act as a NIDS and IPSEC peer >>> (something like 10 concurrent tunnels). The options I have for the CPU >>> are: >>> 1. Intel Celeron 336 at 2.8Ghz/256K cache, 533Mhz FSB. >>> 2. Dual Core Intel Pentium D 915 at 2.8Ghz/2x2MB cache, 800Mhz FSB. >>> 3. Dual Core Xeon 3050, 2.13Ghz, 2MB cache, 1066Mhz FSB. >>> 4. Dual Core Xeon 3060, 2.40Ghz, 4MB cache, 1066Mhz FSB. >>> 5. Dual Core Xeon 3070, 2.66Ghz, 4MB cache, 1066Mhz FSB. >>> >>> I have to be very price concious so will the celeron CPU hold the >>> load or should I take one of the Xeon CPU's for the load? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> TIA >>> Paolo
