Jupiter Core2Duo 1U Server pfSense appliance

Jupiter 1U Server
CI945A Back

Jupiter pfSense Appliance. 2Ghz Core2Duo T7200. 4 x Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet. 100-1,000 users. Soekris VPN1411 VPN Hardware Accelerator. Stateful inspection firewall. 100-1,000 users. Up to 1,000,000 concurrent connections with 2GB maximum RAM. 110 Mbps IPSec VPN throughputs.

pfSense is an open-source firewall distribution based on FreeBSD.

Features

  1. Short-Depth 1U Rackmount Case. The form factor of the 1U server is about 17 inches by 8 inches by 1.7 inches in dimensions, weight about 10 lbs.
  2. Low power-consumption: 35W without a hard drive.
  3. Fanned system. Designed to run from a compact flash or with a 2.5inch SATA laptop hard drive or SSD.
  4. High network throughput:
    • 2 Gbps raw/cleartext
    • 85 Mbps Blowfish IPSec VPN
    • 74 Mbps AES-256 IPSec VPN (110 Mbps with Soekris VPN1411)
    • 74 Mbps 3DES IPSec VPN (110 Mbps with Soekris VPN1411)
  5. Optional addition of four (4) Realtek RTL8100C 10/100 Ethernet for a total of eight (8) Ethernet NICs: four (4) Giabgit Ethernet and four (4) Fast Ethernet using the PCI expansion.

Suggested Deployment

  1. Corporate Firewall for Enterprise or Small and Medium Business (SMB).
    • Load balacing with multi-Wan for aggregration of Internet bandwidth.
  2. VPN server for branch offices or main office/corporate headquarter:
    • Supporting IPSec, SSL-based OpenVPN, PPTP.
    • 85 Mbps Blowfish IPSec VPN throughput between pfSense/M0n0wall/IPCop VPN servers.
    • 74 Mbps AES-256 or 3DES IPSec VPN (110 Mbps with the optional Soekris VPN1411) with commercial Cisco/Checkpoint/Juniper VPN servers.
  3. Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Intrusion Protection System (IPS).
    • With the addition of the Snort package. Recommended to be used only with the hard-drive or SSD-based pfSense appliance.
  4. Web filtering and content control.
    • With the addition of the Squidguard package. Recommended to be used only with the hard-drive or SSD-based pfSense appliance.
  5. Failover or Hardware Redundancy (CARP) (http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Configuring_pfSense_Hardware_Redundancy_(CARP)).
  6. The 1U rackmount Jupiter pfSense Appliance is also an ideal hotspot solution to be deployed in a broadband-enabled environment such as hotels, coffee shops, school, campus, libraries, and conference facilities.
  7. Another common deployment is the perimeter enterprise firewall, with the addition of the BGP package.

Support and Warranty

  1. One (1) year industry standard warranty. A single contact for both hardware and software issues.
  2. Depend on the maintenance options, we will walk you through the initial VPN server setup to configuration of multi-wan load balancing and failover
Price: $1,471.99
$1,471.99
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SKU: RM1U PFCI945A4UXX
Specifications
Performance* Jupiter Highlights
Suggested Users 100-1,000

Stateful Inspection Firewall enforces security policies and resists malicious attacks.

Easy configuration, security management and monitoring of network infrastructure.

Network Address Translation (NAT) protects and hides internal network information from the outside world.

VPN offers significant savings over leased connections between branches or remote offices.

Mulit-WAN load balancing optimizes usages of internet resources.

Failover provides reliable and un-interrupted internet connectivities.
Firwall Throughput 2 Gbps
Concurrent Connections  1,000,000
3DES IPSec Throughput  110Mbps
AES IPSec Throughput  110Mbps
Hardware Specifications  Jupiter
Systemboard  CI945A4U
CPU  2Ghz Core2Duo T7200
Memory  2GB
Storage  2GB CF
Ethernet  4 x 10M/100M/1GB
Expansion - 1xPCI (Available only in 1u server and Lex Twister cases)
Cooling Fanned
Hardware Warranty  1-year limited
Support Contract  Jupiter
Standard Support  1-year

* Performance depends on network environment and configuration of the firewall.

Performance and Cost Comparison?

Since pfSense appliances have been used as firewalls and Internet routers, it is only fair to compare against Cisco products. We have chosen VPN performance to see how the Jupiter pfSense appliance stack up.

Router Jupiter Cisco 2811 ASA 5510 ASA 5520
AES IPSec 110Mbps1,2 22 Mbps1
35 Mbps3		 66 Mbps1
(170 Mbps3)		 87 Mbps4
(225 Mbps3)
3DES IPSec 110Mbps1,2 22 Mbps1
35 Mbps3		 66 Mbps1
(170 Mbps3)		 87 Mbps4
(225 Mbps3)
Failover Supported Active/Standby5 - Active/Standby Active/Active Active/Standby Active/Active
CPU Speed 2Ghz Intel Core2Duo T7200 350Mhz RM5261A 1.6Ghz Celeron 2.0Ghz Pentium-4
Power Consumption 65W unknown unknown unknown
Cost $1,472 $2,2796 $2,181 $4,295

Notes:

1As measured by iperf.
2With the Soekris VPN1411 VPN Hardware Accelerator
3As reported in Cisco Sales Literature and Documentation. (Cisco Router Performance data come from here.)
4Estimated from Cisco ASA 5510 iperf data

5Detail CARP configuration is discussed at http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Configuring_pfSense_Hardware_Redundancy_(CARP). Active-active configuration is not possible at this time.
6Cisco router cost includes the IOS Security Bundle (SEC/K9) and are typical found on the Internet.

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