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[Frédéric LOUI <>]

Hi Leon,

Had a quick look at ipu-system.de
And it looks to me (but I might be wrong) that these are exactly the same 
hardware.
The system I purchased was around 200€ on Ali.

(Same German/Chinese factory ? :) )

If you prefer branded Box, the VEP1405/25/45/85 can be a very good candidate 
for ~ same price range as you get from ipu-system.de.

But of course all is up to your preference :)

And once again I have no incentive. Just sharing personal experience ...

À bientôt,
--  Frederic




> Le 17 sept. 2021 à 15:10, Leon Meßner <> a 
> écrit :
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:16:00 +0200 Frédéric LOUI
> <> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Leon,
>> 
>> Welcome on board ! 
>> (and hope to see you during our next VC-minar next Tuesday 4PM :) )
>> https://umurcia.zoom.us/j/97233768422?pwd=TzFVMGo3WnZKRkwrOXBBSnllY0V0Zz09
> 
> thank you both for the warm welcome and all the tips.
> 
>> This appliance is a bit outdated, however upgrade can be found on this 
>> store:
>> https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1114543?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000007.1.3c66745eARbf1y
>> 
>> This one looks almost similar
>> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000266234442.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_topSellerIng.8148356.9.395c7cedKtAHHy
>> 
>> I suggest to get 8G RAM + 128G of SSD (if you plan to add additional 
>> services)
>> 
>> Other than that AES-NI is a plus but not mandatory, I’ve chosen J1900 in 
>> order to have more cores and no AES-NI.
>> 
>> WIFI/Blutooth module is a nice to have but I’d rather delegate this to 
>> OpenWRT external hardware.
>> (Asia) 3G/4G is useless in Europe.
>> 
>> MC36 has also one of these box at home:
>> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32970672528.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.4bab4c4dSkBW4x
>> 
>> And this is en even better hardware than mine (I did not have this choice 
>> when I started this SOHO project)
> 
> I never thought about looking at aliexpress. I'll see what i can find.
> The IPU Series from nrg-systems (ipu-system.de (german only
> unfortunately)) seems similar to some options. I also thought about
> pc-engines APU boards with i210/211AT NICs and even AES-NI. But they
> are not available ATM.
> 
> Regards,
> Leon
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Le 17 sept. 2021 à 12:10, Leon Meßner <> a 
>>> écrit :
>>> 
>>> Dear All,
>>> 
>>> i first wan't to thank the people running this project. I'm really
>>> interested and excited about the direction this is heading.
>>> 
>>> To my simple question: There is a blog post[1] and multiple
>>> presentations by Frédéric about running RARE on a single board computer
>>> with intel dpdk NICs as CPE. Which Hardware was used for the device?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Leon
>>> 
>>> [1] https://wiki.geant.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=148090404  
>> 
>