Fitlet iA10 v pfSense SG-2220

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RERobbins
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Fitlet iA10 v pfSense SG-2220

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I am looking to deploy pfSense on a fanless dual NIC device.

I'm trying to get a sense of the performance comparison of the Fitlet iA10 with the SG-2220 offered by pfSense http://store.pfsense.org/SG-2220/.

Arwen
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Re: Fitlet iA10 v pfSense SG-2220

Post by Arwen »

It's not clear if the AMD "aes" instruction set is usable by pfSense. While much of
what I've read is that the Intel AES-NI is usable, (for things like VPN). When I used
a AMD Geode with AES off-load engine, whence I got SSH using it, it was much
faster than software encryption.

In theory, you can disable 2 cores on a fitlet-iA10, and set the max watts to 25. That
allows the remaining 2 cores to boost upto 2.2Ghz. Even buy the optional heat sink
cover for even more thermal overhead. I've considered doing this, but it does not
seem necessary for my current uses.

Looking at the SG-2220, it's better than some of the low end ones that use Broadcom
or Realtek NICs. Just keep in mind that you would likely be using a SD card with a
fitlet. (As a mSATA flash drive would be both over-kill and more costly.)

Last, in theory you can use the fitlet's serial port for console. That's what I use for my
Gentoo Linux media server, (a fitlet-iA10, later replaced with a fitlet-H). Even send
it to a network terminal server so I have remote console access, (can use it with
Grub). Don't know how this would work for pfSense.
Arwen Evenstar
Rivendale, Middle Earth

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