hi list,
I'm searching for an 1 U server-platform-solution for
a redundant firewall-system based on openbsd.
The firewall-system should support raid 1 and at least
8 NIC's.
My first choice is an Dell 1850 with embedded PERC 4e/Si
controller. I belief the "e" means "embedded".
Does openbsd support the PERC 4e/Si by ami (the manpage
only lists PERC 4/Si without "e") ?
The raid-controller has to be embedded because i need the
two pci slots for quad ethernet cards.
And this is my second question. Which quad ethernet card is
to be recommended? I know, this question was discused many times.
But i don't want to get into trouble by this interrupt-handling
under heavy load with intel cards and em driver.
In addition i don't need 1 Gbps ethernet cards - 100 Mbit is sufficient.
The D-Link DFE-570TX seems to be the right one for this purpose
but that implies to put an old pci card (32 bit, spec pci2.2) into an
pci-x slot. Is this really a good idea?
Any recommendations would be appreciated.
joerg
