A small single board computer that has plenty of uses in the home and in the office.
ODROID-H2+ An x86 Board to Challenge Raspberry Pi? : Read more
ODROID-H2+ An x86 Board to Challenge Raspberry Pi? : Read more
They try to market those 2.5Gbits. I doubt this box has sufficient CPU power to make use of it though, SPI of 1Gbit would be impressive (if even)...If only it had Intel NICs...
It's actually somewhat overkill for that.Might be a great router or security appliance. About 3 times more expensive than Pi.
Lol, are you serious?They try to market those 2.5Gbits. I doubt this box has sufficient CPU power to make use of it though,
It would do ok for software switching and routing (rewrite the header), but Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) is much (much much) more CPU hungry. So is VPN encryption/decryption. NAS boxes do not do any of that stuff.Lol, are you serious?
A CPU like that can easily manage 2.5 Gbps. It's a lot more than what you find in some NAS boxes that have 10 GigE connections, even.
That board has 2 SATA connectors, and you could probably install a 3rd in the M.2 slot (depending on whether it supports SATA M.2 drives).(when I have time to figure out where to put the 6TB of archive data it is hosting across 3 SATA drives).
Their stuff seems overpriced and I don't like their use of proprietary PSUs in desktops and workstations, but I do like their servers.Say what you will about Dell, but most of the Precision systems are built like tanks
FWIW, they list two Canadian distributors:I live in Canada and import duties are expensive($100),
Awesome machines. I was looking at FW2B – 2 Port Intel ® J3060. They look rugged and industrial. Well worth at $179.I have a Protectli 4 port box with j3160 which is essentially very similar to this and has Intel NICs. It is significantly cheaper.
For I2C and GPIO it would need a USB piece attached to it though.
It would do ok for software switching and routing (rewrite the header), but Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) is much (much much) more CPU hungry. So is VPN encryption/decryption. NAS boxes do not do any of that stuff.
Edit: Firewall Hardware Sizing Guide
It's actually somewhat overkill for that.
Lol, are you serious?
A CPU like that can easily manage 2.5 Gbps. It's a lot more than what you find in some NAS boxes that have 10 GigE connections, even.
The Odroid-H2 has been on my list for months because it’s an impressive x86 SBC for a low price. Unfortunately, it’s hard to justify $350(SBC board, case, AC adapter, BT module, wifi module, LED power button, plus taxes and shipping from hardkernel or ameridroid). I live in Canada and import duties are expensive($100), this does not include ram($64 for dual channel for a total of 8 Gb). Grand Total of $514 for a working Odroid-H2+. I can build myself locally a microATX PC with a much powerful Ryzen 5 3400G, a B450m pro mobo, 8Gb ram, antec case, 500w PSU for $484(taxes included). I'd rather pass. Got two(2) new Rpi 4 8Gb locally for $230 including taxes instead.
Those numbers mean nothing for a firewall-router appliance, the throughput goes waaaaaaaay down when any traffic processing is required as a result of the weak CPU. The article "odroid h2 ludicrous speed" I googled talks about Infiniband interfaces, (I am actually familiar with those from Mellanox). It is completely irrelevant for this case either.Yep, google or binge for "odroid h2 ludicrous speed". Using this exotic setting, I managed to reach 11Gbe or 14Gbe depending on iperf3 direction. It's the real max practical limit I found, not the theoretical. Speed obviously goes down using SSL (i.e. rsync over SSL), in the same way it goes down with 1Gbe. I also tried an SFP+ 10Gbe SolarFlare card and it ran at 9.3Gbe on the H2. In both cases, the CPU 4 cores still had plenty of reserve power (seen using htop).
And so does J3160 which I have, and it measures less than 300Mbps with OpenVPN and moderate PPS, while i5-7200U is doing close to 900Mbps.The Celeron J4105 and J4115 include the AES instruction set, see ark intel relevant page.
Those numbers mean nothing for a firewall-router appliance, the throughput goes waaaaaaaay down when any traffic processing is required as a result of the weak CPU. The article "odroid h2 ludicrous speed" I googled talks about Infiniband interfaces, (I am actually familiar with those from Mellanox). It is completely irrelevant for this case either.
And so does J3160 which I have, and it measures less than 300MBps with OpenVPN and moderate PPS, while i5-7200U is doing close to 900MBps.
I am glad I got permission to have those, at least they are based on something, it indeed makes me having a nice dayHey, if that makes you happy to say so, it's fine by me You're entitled to your doubts and beliefs. Have a nice day.
It would do ok for software switching and routing (rewrite the header), but Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) is much (much much) more CPU hungry. So is VPN encryption/decryption. NAS boxes do not do any of that stuff.
Edit: Firewall Hardware Sizing Guide
That is what I say.Actually if you check pfSense hardware requirements, this is more than enough to run any residential network and likely most smaller business networks.
Might be a great router or security appliance. About 3 times more expensive than Pi.
That old 670 I pulled out of the trash years ago. I replaced the two single-core CPUs, upgraded the RAM and graphics (all from eBay), and put some old WD Blacks and a new HGST 4TB in it. The latest glitch (of many, since I rescued it) was a Logitech Universal Transceiver in the midst of failure causing lockups and shutdown... weird. Oh, Logitech camera would periodically blue screen with its driver faulting (even if plugged into the add-in USB 3.0 port). Its like an old dog... you just put up with its quirks.[Dell's] stuff seems overpriced and I don't like their use of proprietary PSUs in desktops and workstations, but I do like their servers.
There have been several articles about industrial SBCs on this site, in the past few months, where I've said virtually the exact same thing. But those were all in the > $500 price range. And now that the 8 GB Pi v4 just launched at $75, that puts the H2+ and an 8 GB DIMM at well under twice the price.Articles like this are utterly ridiculous. This cannot challenge the Pi because it’s not in the same class. This is a lot more expensive than the Pi. It’s not an accurate comparison.
But that's still about 2.5 Gbps.And so does J3160 which I have, and it measures less than 300MBps with OpenVPN and moderate PPS,
Oh, a more expensive, higher-TDP CPU is faster? Go on...while i5-7200U is doing close to 900MBps.