Sorry, my english is very bad ... On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:47:08 +0100, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:08:28 +0200 > "E.T" <ad...@wordpress-fr.fr> wrote: > >> Hence the question of having a powerful processor? >> >> One Debian turns with a facility has gnC)nC)rique 800mhz, good work. >> Processor mult-core 3.00ghz not utility for firewall and desktop. >> >> >> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:44:37 +0100, Kevin Chadwick >> <ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk> >> wrote: >> >> I can also show you PIII systems that draw more than 300W, and I >> >> discarded one a while ago that probably could have maxed out at well >> >> over 500w. >> >> >> > >> > I was shocked to find my nforce board draws around 130 watts, when >> > it's switched OFF!!!!!!! and with the new graphics card can push upto >> > 700 watts >> > >> > And No, I'm not kidding >> > >> > Needless to say, I now have a multitap with switch on my desk as the >> > power button. >> > >> > p.s. People should be aware that, ARM and atom have met similar ground >> > for speed but they are like risc chips and usually a 500mhz does half >> > the work of a full/non emulated instruction set chip also at 500mhz. >> > >> > Check out atom on wikipedia for more info. >> > >> > Risc chips in phones etc. do even less work per cycle. >> >> -- >> @plus >> > > You make me extra thankful that my native langage is english. Watch > some DVDs and switch the english subtitles on, though I'm not sure > that will help with order and grammar. > > I'm not sure if I understand you but PF is so lean that if you got it > running on a phone it would handle a rediculous amount of traffic. I > believe the faq or somewhere says a p90 and 32mb of ram will handle most > situations as a pure firewall. > > I Just mentioned it for comparison sakes and because it's annoying when > people say they have a 10 year old pc in their hand, when it's not even > close (bus, memory, bridges etc.).
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