[Soekris] HD suggestion

[Ron Watkins]

Wholeheartedly agreed.  If you want reliability above all, a Soekris is 
a good choice.  To maximize its lifetime, design your system to work 
well with compact flash.  CF cards only wear out on writes.  You can run 
one read-only damn near forever.  10+ years would be an entirely 
reasonable expectation.   You'd probably prefer OpenBSD to Linux for 
this application... it doesn't have as many features, but it's 
exceedingly stable.  Linux is in near-constant flux, with a continuous 
stream of security fixes.  Each time you have to patch, that's wear on 
the CF.

The only reason to use a hard drive is if you expect to do a great deal 
of writing, say with log files or the like.  You might prefer sticking 
with CF and using a networked syslog server, instead.

Gustavo Rios wrote:
> Sorry folks,
>
> i forgot to mention, this machine will run as a firewall appliance,
> downtime due to hardware failure is not an option, so, a HD vendor and
> model will be highly appreciated.
>
> Thank you a lot for your time and cooperation.
>
> Best regards.
>
> On 7/17/06, Gustavo Rios <rios.gustavo at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Dear fellows,
>>
>> this is my first contact with soekris and i am very interested in
>> using it. I am interested in using net4801-60 model. I am aware that
>> HD heat may be an issue that prevent stability.
>>
>> I am seeking reports on usage that soekris model with openbsd on
>> stability and reliability. Which would it be a killer HD for me to buy
>> if i would maximum reliability.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>     
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