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  • What Supermicro box did you go with?

    I have a recently acquired a SYS-5019A-FTN4 for pretty cheap as a primary network box: running things such as NUT, DNS, Wireguard, TailScale, Zabbix, Wol, etc., and It’s done great, but for some reason has an issue with the 6.2+ kernels. So I’m thinking of replacing it before I run into maintenance issues over time, and maybe use it as a new opnsense server.

    Would this be able to handle 10G+, or would something else be better?

    Specs:

    https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5019/SYS-5019A-FTN4.cfm

    Motherboard: https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/motherboard/A2SDi-8C-HLN4F

    Cpu (embedded):

    https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/97926/intel-atom-processor-c3758-16m-cache-up-to-2-20-ghz.html

    Added:

    128 GB RAM - SK Hynix 64GB 4DRx4 PC4-2400T DDR4 HMAA8GL7AMR4N-UH Server RAM

    2x10GB SFP+: Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro MCX312B-XCCT CX312B 2-Port 10GbE SFP+ Ethernet Adapter

    128 gb so Hynix ssd (from factory) - boot, os

    4x 1 tv samsung 980 ssd (storage, etc).

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