In some of our locations we will need to abandon embedded pfSense in favor
of a "full" system so we will have package support.
Does anyone have experience running 'full' pfSense on fanless PICO / ITX
type form factors with an SSD (no moving parts)? Our highest priority is
availability, second is power consumptioin. Hardware cost nearly
irrelavent.
Would the answer to the previous question change if the installation were
running the SNORT package on a 6mb (symmetrical) internet connection. I
understand SNORT to be very resource intensive, although it seems that
something like a dual core 1.6 atom should be able to handle ANYTING that
could flow over a 6 x 6 mb fiber. If the snort package poses a risk of
"death-by-writes" am I correct in my understanding that SNORT can be
configured to write to a network resource, which if OFFLINE by disaster,
would not cause the perimiter firewall function to cease?
Does anyone have any specific hardware recommendations that meet these
design priorities? This dual core ATOM-based board has a FANLESS version
expected to debut in a month or so.
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/nc92_330_lf
Fanless boards with DOM's or SSD's draw a mere 20 watts and have no moving
parts! It seems like the best of both worlds, but I need a sanity check.
Are these boards/chipsets too new to actually be supported in BSD 7.x? Am I
failing to consider other design priorities?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm happy to share my experience
with the list because I can't imagine that I am alone in my design
prioirites.
Thank you!
-Karl
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