Drashna Jaelre 159 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 With a couple of USB NICs, this could be interesting: http://www.woot.com/offers/lenovo-m700-intel-i3-128gb-ssd-tiny-desktop?ref=w_cnt_gw_dly_img Maybe, but the SuperMicro SYS-E200-8D system would make a FANASTIC router box https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/Mini-ITX/SYS-E200-8D.cfm (6 cores, plus hyperthreading, M.2 support, 2.5" drive bay) (2x 10GbE, 2x 1GbE, 1x IPMI) Additionally, if you want more of an all in one router box (eg, router and switch), the SYS-E300-8D would work well too: https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/Mini-ITX/SYS-E300-8D.cfm (4 cores, plus hyperthreading, M.2 support, 2.5" drive bay) (2x 10GbE, 2x 1GbE, 1x IPMI, plus 4x 1GbE card) Both are Tinkertry approved, as well. https://tinkertry.com/supermicro-superserver-sys-e200-8d-and-sys-e300-coming-soon Link to post Share on other sites
gibster 37 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I've got one of these on the way now with the 8GB/128GB m2 ssd options. Will be setting up Untangle when it arrives. http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Fanless-Mini-PC-with-Bay-trail-j1900-processor-quad-core-2-42-GHz-X86-mini-PC/32595714132.html Link to post Share on other sites
jmwills 284 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Maybe, but the SuperMicro SYS-E200-8D system would make a FANASTIC router box https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/Mini-ITX/SYS-E200-8D.cfm (6 cores, plus hyperthreading, M.2 support, 2.5" drive bay) (2x 10GbE, 2x 1GbE, 1x IPMI) Additionally, if you want more of an all in one router box (eg, router and switch), the SYS-E300-8D would work well too: https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/Mini-ITX/SYS-E300-8D.cfm (4 cores, plus hyperthreading, M.2 support, 2.5" drive bay) (2x 10GbE, 2x 1GbE, 1x IPMI, plus 4x 1GbE card) Both are Tinkertry approved, as well. https://tinkertry.com/supermicro-superserver-sys-e200-8d-and-sys-e300-coming-soon Yes it would, just trying to validate the extra cost in my mind. Both would consume less power and space than nay conventional case with a standard size PSU. Link to post Share on other sites
Drashna Jaelre 159 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Yes it would, just trying to validate the extra cost in my mind. Both would consume less power and space than nay conventional case with a standard size PSU. Easy. HyperV/ESX. M.2 for the system drive, and a 2.5" SSD for VM storage. Pass through two of the NICs to the router VM, one for most management, and one extra (I believe) The smaller box is a 6 core CPU (Xeon D), and that's before hyperthreading. And it supports up to 128GB of RAM. Link to post Share on other sites
itGeeks 187 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Sure thing. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231692 Thank you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
schoondoggy 895 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I will need to read this thread, not sure how it went from J1900 to a XEON-D for a router/firewall? Link to post Share on other sites
itGeeks 187 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I've got one of these on the way now with the 8GB/128GB m2 ssd options. Will be setting up Untangle when it arrives. http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Fanless-Mini-PC-with-Bay-trail-j1900-processor-quad-core-2-42-GHz-X86-mini-PC/32595714132.html Nice, Let us know how it works out. Link to post Share on other sites
jmwills 284 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 It was a simple jump for me. I would have all of the on board processing power needed to run a virtual UTM/LoadBalancer, etc plus more VM's if needed. Link to post Share on other sites
Drashna Jaelre 159 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I will need to read this thread, not sure how it went from J1900 to a XEON-D for a router/firewall? That would totally be my bad. But then again, those Xeon-Ds have 2x10GbE ports, and multiple 1GbE ports. Great router boxes. Link to post Share on other sites
mattd390 8 Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Maybe, but the SuperMicro SYS-E200-8D system would make a FANASTIC router box https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/Mini-ITX/SYS-E200-8D.cfm (6 cores, plus hyperthreading, M.2 support, 2.5" drive bay) (2x 10GbE, 2x 1GbE, 1x IPMI) Additionally, if you want more of an all in one router box (eg, router and switch), the SYS-E300-8D would work well too: https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/Mini-ITX/SYS-E300-8D.cfm (4 cores, plus hyperthreading, M.2 support, 2.5" drive bay) (2x 10GbE, 2x 1GbE, 1x IPMI, plus 4x 1GbE card) Both are Tinkertry approved, as well. https://tinkertry.com/supermicro-superserver-sys-e200-8d-and-sys-e300-coming-soon I looked into these before picking up the J1900. They are definitely awesome but I couldn't justify the cost for what I wanted to do with it. I read the tinkertry posts on them too, LOL! Great review of them. Link to post Share on other sites
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