[ale] [OT] wanna build your own cluster?

[dev null zero two]

it was a joke, I've been running pfsense since 2009 :-)

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think you'll need at least 4 of these :-)
>
> Seriously, poke around ebay for some older supermicro or dell gear. Most
> have dual nics and thus make great firewalls. At $150 or so, having a
> standard box makes for relatively easy setup. There are some half length
> supermicro boxes around that are barely larger than a rack mount switch.
> On May 26, 2016 1:59 AM, "dev null zero two" <dev.null.02 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> thinking about setting up pfsense for my adsl line and two computers at
>> home, will this be enough?
>>
>> Sent from my mobile. Please excuse the brevity, spelling, and
>> punctuation.
>> On May 26, 2016 12:12 AM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes - you will lose your hearing sitting next to these.
>>> Yes - you will want a rack.
>>> Yes - your power bill will go up.
>>> Yes - you _do_ want to do this!
>>> No - the S.O. will NOT approve (without serious additional chores on
>>> your part - unless they are TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!)
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/SGI-Altix-xe310-SuperMicro-Twin1U-Server-2x-X7DGT-INF-4x-Xeon-X5355-2-66GHz-32GB/111974515331?_trksid=p2054502.c100229.m3211&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D36694%26meid%3Dd9955a373b914fb5b9888611c5152c3c%26pid%3D100229%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D13%26sd%3D231826974721
>>>
>>> NOTE: these _do_ have 20G Infinniband!
>>>
>>> --
>>> James P. Kinney III
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