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I see in the list the first version of NEO, which was build on 32bit H3 chip...NEO 2 is build on 64bit H5...I don't have the device yet and I don't have coding skills...could I contribute somehow just by buing it and testing your build?

One of the reason I like Xeon D better, you just don't care about the heatsinks as they are integrated as well :) ...Supermicro has suggested heatsinks for each product for this it's: SNK-P0049A4 and SNK-P0046A4 and they use this passive one in their ready made builds SNK-P0049P...sometimes it's better to get inspired by the manufacturer...

Odroid H2 Might be a nice cheap sub itx platform for home use for those willing to risk Realtek NIC: https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h2/

Man the worst build I can build bellow on commodity HW with dual ethernet costs 300 USD, I don't get, how UP is worse given the form factor, Intel NICs and power consumption....
Celeron g4900
Gigabyte b360n wifi motherboard
Kingston ddr4 2400mhz 4GB
Eurocase 300W SFX PSU
SilverStone SFF SG13-Q Sugo
WD Green 3D NAND SSD 120GB M.2

One more find, the Up Core Plus and UP Net Plus Expansion Card: https://up-shop.org/945-thickbox_default/up-core-plus.jpg

I love this form factor, full specs here:
https://up-board.org/wp-content/uploads/datasheets/Data-sheet-UP-Core-Plus.pdf

R1 would perfect fit as well but it has 32bit CPU only, so there's probably no future for it with Opnsense...but it could run openwrt for sure...in the past I had raspberryPi 3 with DietPi OS, as it has ready made installer for hot spot and I could make it work as openVPN gateway...but opnsense would be so much better...

That's right, but don't forget, that it already has 4GB RAM and 32GB eMMC card in it for that price....so for 232 USD you have complete build with power supply and case with atom x5-e3940 and dual ethernet. It doesn't look that bad, I think it could do Suricata as well. I only expect OpenVPN to be just about 100ish Mbps...which is still fine for many I guess...

For everyone who prefer non server grade hw, look what I've come across, UP Squared, it's smaller than ITX: https://up-shop.org/home/270-up-squared.html#/100-up_squared_board-atom_quad_core_4gb_memory_32gb_emmc
Looks better than APUs...

For i5 I would buy something non server grade as you can't use ECC rams anyways, or I would buy rather a similar Xeon...and by that time it's better to invest in Xeon D as it get expensive and power hungry...

Hi, as for road warrior application I was really thinking about nanopi neo 2:
https://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69&product_id=180
Maybe in this kit and small external dongle:
https://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=93&product_id=189
Or nanopi neo 2 plus with inbuilt wifi in this case:
https://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=93&product_id=203
What needs to be done to make it work with opnsense? I know it's kind of lame question, but there is nothing smaller with that performance :)
For home use I would consider even ESPRESSObin, it has enough ports/performance that Netgate uses that hw:
http://espressobin.net/
Just making my wishlist public :D

Cool I wish I had a project where I could justify the spending for it :)

What abou AMD EPYC 3000: https://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Embedded/EPYC3000/
Are there drivers for that?

Their appliances seem to use similar embedded AMD processors like APU2 by https://pcengines.ch/apu2.htm very dated I have no idea why would anyone use that expecially for the price of Deciso...I'd buy rather something more enterprise and contribute back to the project via donation unless you need their support, where I could understand why to pay extra...Yeah AMD seems to use ECC but depends on MB vendor implementation: https://www.amd.com/Documents/amd-embedded-guide.pdf

Regarding IPMI, I manage everything through an Ipad at home if possible, if iOS doesn't work with IPMI, I use VNC to a VM through wich I use the IPMI. I have no big monitor at home I use now. Yeah it saves my time running through home finding a monitor, puting everything out of rack and playing with cables and HW....I used to use small 7 inch monitor for devices without IPMI and keyoboard...yeah that sucked..

Regarding ECC, why not to pay for that the difference, on the whole system how much extra is it exactly 10%? It almost guarantees stability, while non ecc could do until it doesn't..same with RAID, why to use that..basically you want to mitigate the risk of reconfiguring your router because of data loss due to hw failure...as I have written I use ZFS on dual USB pendrives and RAM disk with PFSense, it's cheaper than using single SSD...what some pay for electricity using desktop grade HW, I'd rather pay on stability using server grade HW where it makes sense...Which might be different for everyone...if I was ok with home grade, I'd use AsusWRT and not an actual firewall...

Exactly. But sometimes not having an IPMI is a good thing, because if your firewall goes down and you don't have isolated management LAN (which I don't at home)...than you won't be probably able to access it anyway and it will eat you about 6Watt the whole time, just because it's another ARM computer. So not having it will save you about 50 USD over 5 years (which I expect from a router)...not that I care too much, but this is actualy, why I like the Tyans...but I have no idea how to install them enter bios etc. as they have no hdmi/vga neither...may be some how over serial, but I've never done that...when taken into consideration all that the SG-1100 doesn't seem as a bad deal after all...as it consumes as an IPMI and has about 100Mbps OpenVPN throughput...for home use you hardly need more as it enables you 2x live 4k streams and couple of users doing whatever...I'm afraid Suricata would kill it, but what about blocking any incoming traffic instead? :)