On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 02:29:21PM -0500, Bob Ababurko wrote: > The alternative is to use a dual P3 that we have but I am still > interested in optimum availibility. Do I implement RAID 1 with two > drives.....OR does this create more problems that it is worth by > introducing more parts to fail(two drives. Do I implement a Flash card > reader and install OpenBSD/pf on a compact flash drive? I am not sure > where I should be drawing the line...I mean do I pay attention to drive > redundency or power redundency....or even actual firewall redundency? > > What is the most bang for the buck in terms of availibility short of a > hot standby firewall configuration? >
try these: http://www.commell-sys.com/News/COMMELL_20040610_EMB564.htm Buy two of them. They cost about $300 a piece. The 256MB of ram and 4 NICs they have onboard is sufficient. The 512MB CF disks are $80 each. $800 for a fully fault tolerent firewall setup is about as cheap as you're going to get unless you're willing to go rob somewhere or you want to use old hand- me-down machines. If you have two independant power sources in your datacenter you could plug one firewall into each so you're safe from the odd power maintainence outage.
