On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Eugen Leitl <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 09:47:30PM -0500, Chris Buechler wrote: > >> Even Snort with a lighter config is probably doable. But yeah if you >> push it past its limits, which isn't hard to do when you're running >> Snort, you can easily kill the box. There is no swap, so when you run >> out of RAM, things can go haywire. > > Transcend e.g. sells affordable 300x (SLC) CF flash which should be > robust enough to take a swap file. I plan to install such a card > into my current ALIX home router tomorrow. >
Should handle it ok, but you don't want to get into swap regardless. It'll at least keep things from going haywire if you run out of RAM, but it's a major performance hit you don't want to take with 15K RPM SAS drives much less a CF. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
