I chose the Supermicro A1SAM-2550F Supports ECC DDR3 1600 4 Intel 1GbE 1 IPMI GbE 6 SATA
Add 8GB ECC DDR, a $65 SSD, CD/DVD, a small case+ps and it’s up. A couple of minutes to install OpenBSD and presto - now I have to figure out how to set up a router/firewall/vpn. On Sep 18, 2014, at 7:13 PM, System Administrator <ad...@bitwise.net> wrote: > On 18 Sep 2014 at 17:33, Stan Gammons wrote: > >> On 09/18/14 17:21, Steve Litt wrote: >>> On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:54:13 -0500 >>> Stan Gammons <sg063...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On 09/18/14 16:47, Steve Litt wrote: >>>>> How many ethernet ports does it have? I'd love to use something like >>>>> that as a firewall/router. >>>>> >>>>> SteveT >>>>> >>>>> >>>> The APU has 3 - 1 gig Ethernet ports and works great as a firewall. >>>> >>>> >>>> Stan >>> >>> Thanks Stan, >>> >>> What's the device's exact name, and where do I get one? >>> >>> SteveT >>> >>> Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ >>> Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance >>> >> >> Sorry, I should have included the link to the website. >> http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm >> >> Click "shop" to find a location near you. >> >> >> Stan >> >> > > Hi, > > PC Engines documentation for the APU is not explicit whether the RAM is > ECC or not. Researching the AMD G CPU it appears that it is only > compatible with non-ECC memory. Can you confirm that from your unit? > > Also, is there consensus among developers to what extent having ECC RAM > is crucial for production servers and appliances? To put it another way > -- PC Engines do claim that their products are "industrial grade", so > would you trust the APU as a key component of your infrastructure if it > does not have ECC RAM? > > Thanks in advance, > -Jacob.
