Holger Glaess wrote: > hi > > have someone experience to run this machines as firewall ? > > i plan to replace my old hp dl 145 boxes with the sun t 1000 server.
why? > i install an new 4.4 obsd and for now , the maschine runs wells > ( i udpdate the src part by cvs and rebuild the kernel ). > > now the box runs 4.4 stable . > > what about the hardware crypto part of the cpu device ncp is this > supported ? > > any other hints for me ? > > holger yeah. ask yourself "why". The T1000's are massively multi-processorish, but each CPU equivalent is pretty wimpy...as in, maybe low-end PIIIish. OpenBSD doesn't benefit from multiple processors for simple firewalls, so you will be downgrading from whatever is in your DL145 to a very old PIII-class system (and I think I am giving them the benefit of the doubt at that). Now...maybe that's all you need. In fact, it may be much more than you need...but if so..why all the money for a T1000, when much faster, lower-power machines are available for lower costs. Or just keep using the DL145s if they are still in good condition. Nick.
