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i3-2120 for a 300Mbps fiber link?

ryanswj
Hi guys, am looking for input for the following configuration.

This will be used in a home environment. I don't intend to have IPS enabled, and HTTP proxy caching will be turned off. I have a 300Mbps fiber link to my home, and I intend to do a site-to-site IPsec VPN (for development with Azure).

This "appliance" is actually a used OptiPlex 980 SFF, with an additional PCI-e GE card.

The specifications are as follows:

i3-2120 (2x 3.3 GHz)
2GB of DDR3-SDRAM
250GB HDD

Thanks!


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    Yes, Snort is very intensive. 

    However, note that I was doing single-stream tests; it should be faster with multiple simultaneous clients.

    regarding your NICs; the Realtek NICs make the CPU do most of the work, so you are likely to see decreased performance with Realtek NICs.

    You can find single-port Intel NICs for $32USD at NewEgg (or even Best Buy):
    intel nic - Newegg.com

    Barry
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    Yes, Snort is very intensive. 

    However, note that I was doing single-stream tests; it should be faster with multiple simultaneous clients.

    regarding your NICs; the Realtek NICs make the CPU do most of the work, so you are likely to see decreased performance with Realtek NICs.

    You can find single-port Intel NICs for $32USD at NewEgg (or even Best Buy):
    intel nic - Newegg.com

    Barry
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