Re: best chipset/cpu

[Chuck Yerkes <chuck+wwwac@snew.com>]

The archives might show Soekris, soekris and this
guy in california Soeren Kristenson DBA "soekris".

PCI and "miniPCI"

Quoting Pete Leonard (pete@hero.com):
> http://openbsd.org/crypto.html#hardware
> 
> If you care about crypto throughput above all else, a general-purpose CPU
> will always be slower than a dedicated hardware solution.
> 
> That said, I would say search the mailing lists, use google, and check
> prices to determine what crypto board would be most suitable for you.
> 
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Riccardo Sibilia wrote:
> 
> > Hi there!
> > 
> > I've been asking yesterday about the support for the Intel E7500 chipset and 
> > the fact that no one showed up with an answer supports my impression that 
> > this chipset is still too new... 
> > 
> > So I perhaps reformulate my question (which to some extend has been discussed 
> > in the "what cpu to buy" threat):
> > 
> > Which combination of cpu/ram/chipset gives the best performance in terms of 
> > crypto/IPsec throughput? (and is well supported under OpenBSD)
> > 
> > I'm looking exclusively at Intel or AMD cpu solutions for now.
> > 
> > Thanks a lot for any hints!
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Rick