* Mike Tancsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070423 14:16]: > At 02:03 PM 4/23/2007, Chris Bullock wrote: > >can the soekris handle being an internal firewall at 100mb/s? I > >have heard that CF cards can not handle all the reads/writes at this > >rate, can someone verify this for me. Also, I have heard that the > >bus for these appliances are not optimized to operate at LAN speeds, > >can you verify or elaborate on that as well. We plan to replace our > >OpenBSD pc firewalls/routers with soekris boxes assuming they can do the job. > > > For CF you dont want to mount it read / write as CFs are not designed > to handle that sort of write quantity. Read only however is not a > problem. Take a look at something like NanoBSD on FreeBSD or > FlashDist for OpenBSD. (http://www.nmedia.net/~chris/soekris/)... > However, I dont think the CPU could handle that level of traffic in a > 48xx series Soekris. Dont know about the new 55xx series, but I doubt it > > > ---Mike >
Or just do a standard OpenBSD install on a 512MB or 1GB CF and mount noatime. I've run this way for months if not years. Even if you did manage to blow out the CF, they're what $30 USD... Jim _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
