Re: Hardware suggestions

2011-04-28 Thread Nathan Vidican
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Jaime Kikpole wrote: > My thanks to everyone for their replies.  I guess that I wasn't > specific enough about my needs, though.  I don't need a tiny chassis. > In fact, I need a proxy for around 750-900 computers, so an Atom > system or the like wouldn't work for

Re: Hardware suggestions

2011-04-27 Thread Adam Vande More
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Jaime Kikpole wrote: > My thanks to everyone for their replies. I guess that I wasn't > specific enough about my needs, though. I don't need a tiny chassis. > In fact, I need a proxy for around 750-900 computers, so an Atom > system or the like wouldn't work for

Re: Hardware suggestions

2011-04-27 Thread Jaime Kikpole
My thanks to everyone for their replies. I guess that I wasn't specific enough about my needs, though. I don't need a tiny chassis. In fact, I need a proxy for around 750-900 computers, so an Atom system or the like wouldn't work for me. I just have no rack space left. Fortunately, I might have

Re: Hardware suggestions

2011-04-27 Thread Nathan Vidican
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Jaime Kikpole wrote: > I'm looking for new hardware for my web filter (FreeBSD + dansguardian + > squid). > > Can anyone suggest good (or warn about bad) models of hardware for > this?  I'm looking for a small tower or compact chassis (not rack > mount) with two

Re: Hardware suggestions

2011-04-26 Thread Karl Vogel
>> On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:04:34 -0400, >> Jaime Kikpole said: J> I'm looking for new hardware for my web filter (FreeBSD + dansguardian + J> squid). Have a look at the Ars Technica system guides for suggestions on rolling your own PC. They discuss three general-purpose systems with an ey

Re: Hardware suggestions

2011-04-26 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:09:41 +0100 Chris Whitehouse articulated: > On 26/04/2011 18:45, Jaime Kikpole wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Chris > > Brennan wrote: > >> Just out of curiosity, why not rack-mounted boxed? > > > > Space issues. They'll have to either fit on a shelf in one

Re: Hardware suggestions

2011-04-26 Thread Chris Whitehouse
On 26/04/2011 18:45, Jaime Kikpole wrote: On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Chris Brennan wrote: Just out of curiosity, why not rack-mounted boxed? Space issues. They'll have to either fit on a shelf in one of two rooms, depending on the outcome of some other things. Any thoughts on brand o

Re: Hardware suggestions

2011-04-26 Thread Jaime Kikpole
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Chris Brennan wrote: > Just out of curiosity, why not rack-mounted boxed? Space issues. They'll have to either fit on a shelf in one of two rooms, depending on the outcome of some other things. Any thoughts on brand or model? Thanks, Jaime -- Network Adminis

Re: Hardware suggestions

2011-04-26 Thread Chris Brennan
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Jaime Kikpole wrote: I'm looking for new hardware for my web filter (FreeBSD + dansguardian + > squid). > > Can anyone suggest good (or warn about bad) models of hardware for > this? I'm looking for a small tower or compact chassis (not rack > mount) with two et

Hardware suggestions

2011-04-26 Thread Jaime Kikpole
I'm looking for new hardware for my web filter (FreeBSD + dansguardian + squid). Can anyone suggest good (or warn about bad) models of hardware for this? I'm looking for a small tower or compact chassis (not rack mount) with two ethernet interfaces. I'd like RAID-1 as well, if possible. I can s