Sounds like over kill for pfsense!  :D

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On May 13, 2009, at 11:24 AM, "Paul Mansfield" <[email protected] 
 > wrote:

> Rainer Duffner wrote:
>> AFAIK, SUN still provides eval-systems for free.
>> I would evaluate one of the new X2270 with the Nehalem Xeons.
>> This should provide a 50% boost even on 5400-series Xeons.
>> Also, they use Intel NICs, IIRC.
>
>
> we've got a shiny Dell R710 with twin L5520 Xeon-EPs, very nice; not
> tried pfSense on it (I should though!).
>
>
> interestingly, the stock x86-64 kernel from ubuntu 8 LTS didn't work -
> didn't like the memory controller, although the 32 bit did.
>
>
> It has quad broadcom gigabit NICs onboard, here's results of lspci:
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub to ESI Port (rev  
> 13)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root  
> Port
> 1 (rev 13)
> 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root  
> Port
> 3 (rev 13)
> 00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root  
> Port
> 4 (rev 13)
> 00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root  
> Port
> 5 (rev 13)
> 00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root  
> Port
> 6 (rev 13)
> 00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root  
> Port
> 7 (rev 13)
> 00:09.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root  
> Port
> 9 (rev 13)
> 00:14.0 PIC: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub System Management Registers
> (rev 13)
> 00:14.1 PIC: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub GPIO and Scratch Pad
> Registers (rev 13)
> 00:14.2 PIC: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub Control Status and RAS
> Registers (rev 13)
> 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB  
> UHCI
> Controller #4 (rev 02)
> 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB  
> UHCI
> Controller #5 (rev 02)
> 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2  
> EHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB  
> UHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB  
> UHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2  
> EHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 02)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) LPC Interface
> Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) 2 port SATA  
> IDE
> Controller (rev 02)
> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
> 01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
> 02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
> 03:00.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068E
> PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 08)
> 08:03.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200eW
> WPCM450 (rev 0a)
>
> for the sake of completeness, here's /proc/iomem:
> 00000000-00000fff : System RAM
> 00001000-00005fff : reserved
> 00006000-00007fff : System RAM
> 00008000-0000ffff : reserved
> 00010000-00092fff : System RAM
> 00100000-bf698fff : System RAM
>  00200000-006a5b27 : Kernel code
>  006a5b28-009214ff : Kernel data
>  00a70000-00b854af : Kernel bss
> bf699000-bf6aefff : reserved
> bf6af000-bf6cdfff : ACPI Tables
> bf6ce000-bfffffff : reserved
> d5800000-d5ffffff : PCI Bus 0000:08
>  d5800000-d5ffffff : 0000:08:03.0
> d6000000-d9ffffff : PCI Bus 0000:01
>  d6000000-d7ffffff : 0000:01:00.0
>    d6000000-d7ffffff : bnx2
>  d8000000-d9ffffff : 0000:01:00.1
>    d8000000-d9ffffff : bnx2
> da000000-ddffffff : PCI Bus 0000:02
>  da000000-dbffffff : 0000:02:00.0
>    da000000-dbffffff : bnx2
>  dc000000-ddffffff : 0000:02:00.1
>    dc000000-ddffffff : bnx2
> de000000-deffffff : PCI Bus 0000:08
>  de000000-de00ffff : 0000:08:03.0
>  de7fc000-de7fffff : 0000:08:03.0
>  de800000-deffffff : 0000:08:03.0
> df0ff800-df0ffbff : 0000:00:1a.7
>  df0ff800-df0ffbff : ehci_hcd
> df0ffc00-df0fffff : 0000:00:1d.7
>  df0ffc00-df0fffff : ehci_hcd
> df100000-df2fffff : PCI Bus 0000:03
>  df100000-df1fffff : 0000:03:00.0
>  df2ec000-df2effff : 0000:03:00.0
>    df2ec000-df2effff : mpt
>  df2f0000-df2fffff : 0000:03:00.0
>    df2f0000-df2fffff : mpt
> e0000000-efffffff : PCI MMCONFIG 0
>  e0000000-efffffff : reserved
>    e0000000-efffffff : pnp 00:0a
> fe000000-ffffffff : reserved
>  fec00000-fec00fff : IOAPIC 0
>  fec80000-fec80fff : IOAPIC 1
>  fed00000-fed003ff : HPET 0
>  fed90000-fed91fff : pnp 00:0c
>  fee00000-fee00fff : Local APIC
> 100000000-83fffffff : System RAM
>
> and here's /proc/ioports:
> 0000-001f : dma1
> 0020-0021 : pic1
> 0040-0043 : timer0
> 0050-0053 : timer1
> 0060-0060 : keyboard
> 0064-0064 : keyboard
> 0070-007f : rtc0
> 0080-008f : dma page reg
> 00a0-00a1 : pic2
> 00c0-00df : dma2
> 00f0-00ff : fpu
> 02f8-02ff : serial
> 03c0-03df : vga+
> 03f8-03ff : serial
> 0800-087f : 0000:00:1f.0
>  0800-087f : pnp 00:07
>    0800-0803 : ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK
>    0804-0805 : ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK
>    0808-080b : ACPI PM_TMR
>    0810-0815 : ACPI CPU throttle
>    0820-082f : ACPI GPE0_BLK
>    0830-0833 : iTCO_wdt
>    0850-0850 : ACPI PM2_CNT_BLK
>    0860-087f : iTCO_wdt
> 0880-08bf : 0000:00:1f.0
> 0900-091f : pnp 00:07
> 0920-0923 : pnp 00:07
> 0924-0924 : pnp 00:07
> 0c00-0c7f : pnp 00:07
> 0ca0-0ca7 : pnp 00:07
> 0ca8-0ca8 : pnp 00:08
> 0ca9-0cab : pnp 00:07
> 0cac-0cac : pnp 00:08
> 0cad-0caf : pnp 00:07
> 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
> ec08-ec0b : 0000:00:1f.2
>  ec08-ec0b : ata_piix
> ec0c-ec0f : 0000:00:1f.2
>  ec0c-ec0f : ata_piix
> ec10-ec17 : 0000:00:1f.2
>  ec10-ec17 : ata_piix
> ec18-ec1f : 0000:00:1f.2
>  ec18-ec1f : ata_piix
> ec20-ec2f : 0000:00:1f.2
>  ec20-ec2f : ata_piix
> ec30-ec3f : 0000:00:1f.2
>  ec30-ec3f : ata_piix
> ec40-ec5f : 0000:00:1a.0
>  ec40-ec5f : uhci_hcd
> ec60-ec7f : 0000:00:1a.1
>  ec60-ec7f : uhci_hcd
> ec80-ec9f : 0000:00:1d.0
>  ec80-ec9f : uhci_hcd
> eca0-ecbf : 0000:00:1d.1
>  eca0-ecbf : uhci_hcd
> f000-ffff : PCI Bus 0000:03
>  fc00-fcff : 0000:03:00.0
>
>
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