What is your desired cost per unit? Reminds me of needing small pfsense based boxes a few years back. Used this company's hardware:
http://www.logicsupply.com/computers/solutions/firewall-networking/ I bet you could get something fairly rugged and low maintenance for $400 or so. On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Ray Van Dolson <rvandol...@esri.com> wrote: > Hopefully not too far off topic for this list. > > Am looking for options to deploy DNS caching resolvers at remote > locations where there may only be minimal infrastructure (FW and Cisco > equipment) and limited options for installing a noisier, more power > hugnry servers or appliances from a vendor. Stuff like Infoblox is > too expensive. > > We're BIND-based and leaning to stick that way, but open to other > options if they present themselves. > > Am considering the Soekris net6501-50. I can dump a Linux image on > there with our DNS config, indudstrial grade design, and OK > performance. If the thing fails, clients will hopefully not notice due > to anycast which will just hit another DNS server somewhere else on the > network albeit with additional latency. We ship out a replacement > device rather than mucking with trying to repair. > > There's also stuff like this[1] which probably gives me more horsepower > on my CPU, but maybe not as reliable. > > Maybe I'm overengineering this. What do others do at smaller remote > sites? Also considering putting resolvers only at "hub" locations in > our MPLS network based on some latency-based radius. > > Ray > > [1] http://www.newegg.com/Mini-Booksize-Barebone-PCs/SubCategory/ID-309 > -- Michael Bubb +1.646.783.8769 | KD2DTY Resume - http://mbubb.devio.us/res/resume.html *noli timere*
