Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

[Michael Reifenberger]

Hi,
I have a Supermicros X7SPA-HF-D525 running as a fileserver.
Six SATA connectors on board and runs flawlessly with eight GiB Mem.

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012, Ulrich Spörlein wrote:

> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:54:53 +0200
> From: Ulrich Spörlein <uqs at FreeBSD.org>
> To: current at FreeBSD.org
> Subject: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver
> 
> Hey guys,
>
> I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as my
> router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time now. The
> replacement should have:
>
> - amd64 CPU (for ZFS, obviously)
> - 2x GigE (igress, egress interfaces)
> - some form of wlan interface (I currently use an Atheros based PCI card)
> - eSATA for attaching a backup disk where I stream ZFS snapshots to
> - serial port is always nice, for when I mess up an upgrade
> - fan-less if possible
>
> So far, this here seems to fit the bill perfectly
> http://www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc/intensepc/
> but pricing seems to defy any reality.
>
> It does not state directly which chipsets are used for Wifi and
> Ethernet, the block diagram claims Ethernet chips to be Intel 82579 and
> RTL8111D, but I don't trust that fully.
>
> For Wifi I can always fall back to sticking in a supported USB stick,
> although that's kinda hacky.
>
> So how well is networking going to be supported by FreeBSD? Should I
> just bite the bullet and find out?
>
> Cheers,
> Uli
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Bye/2
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