I've been using the Supermicro Atom Boards, specifically the D510 here: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA.cfm?typ=H
My first Atom 330 was a disaster because of the RealTek NICs, but the Supermicro above has two Intel NICs that have no issues running jumbo frames. For my small-office installs the Supermicro Atoms are doing great, but I have not yet had one at scale (thousands of concurrent states running at > 20Mbps). While the old P4s are great, I always worry about when I'll need to replace the power supply on older computers. (I always keep a spare on hand.) And the Atoms run around 40 watts, the P4s idle at 125 watts. For embedded pfSense, nothing is lower than the power consumption on the Alix boards. Larry On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Chris Bagnall <[email protected]>wrote: > On 9/6/12 2:14 am, Dave Warren wrote: > >> So they're not horrible choices (Mine is running on a P4 right now), but >> they're not my first choice. Still, the upfront cost for these beasts is >> cheap, going newer enough to cut power may not be worth it. >> > > I guess that depends how much you're paying for power. :-) I suspect that > us European users are probably paying significantly more per kWh than those > of you across the pond - it seems to be the pattern for energy generally, > you only have to look at our respective motor fuel prices... > > > Kind regards, > > Chris > -- > This email is made from 100% recycled electrons > ______________________________**_________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/**mailman/listinfo/list<http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list> >
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