there is a project that you can install an embedded version of openbsd on. its called the routerboard project. no need for power sapping drives, big screens and all that junk.
I don't have the site on hand, but it is out there. -eric On Apr 16, 2012, at 11:58 PM, Marcin wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for a hardware recommendation for a new OpenBSD based > firewalls. So far I have been using IBM x336s, but they are slowly > approaching end of life. > > What I am after: > * 1U i386/amd64 server, > * 2 sockets, > * RAID 1 SAS/SATA controller (2 hard drives are enough) > * decent dual LAN onboard > * at least one/preferably two PCI-X slots to add one dual/couple of single > fibre network cards > * IPMI 2.0 with out of band management > > I am pushed towards buying from one of the big vendors (IBM/Dell/HP/?) as > one of the requirements is to have 24x7x4h or 24x7x8h support. > > Machines will be running pf, bgp, relayd (not necessarily all three on a > single unit), should handle about 200Mbit of traffic (30K-50K pps). > > I tried IBM x3550 few years back, but the dumb raid controller was not > supported then, not sure if it changed since. > > Thanks in advance, > -- > Marcin
