quad interface fierwall PC with good bios security/update

[Greg_E]

I'd have to look it up, still hasn't arrived. I can tell you what ECC server ram costs, been pricing out storage servers and it's just stupid high. I could have beaten the cost buying from different places, but not by enough to make it worth my time, that's why we have approved vendors. I think the price I put together was around $850-$875 and then I have no leverage if there is a problem.

If the firmware gives me problems, I'll go back to the reseller and have them push the manufacturer to fix it. Protectli did suggest Coreboot over the AMI BIOS, so I'll set that up when it arrives.

Now here's the part that I found really interesting... The Protectli devices are on government contract, they are being used a bunch of places that we don't know about.

Model is VP4650 with six i226 ports
Single DDR5 16GB of ram was nearly $200usd, $60 for a small NVME, and $35 for a rack shelf. That puts the rest at around $6xx. I don't have the actual invoice in hand yet.

[Nullman]

I'd have to look it up, still hasn't arrived. I can tell you what ECC server ram costs, been pricing out storage servers and it's just stupid high. I could have beaten the cost buying from different places, but not by enough to make it worth my time, that's why we have approved vendors. I think the price I put together was around $850-$875 and then I have no leverage if there is a problem.

I dont want to talk about it. Its depressive.

If the firmware gives me problems, I'll go back to the reseller and have them push the manufacturer to fix it. Protectli did suggest Coreboot over the AMI BIOS, so I'll set that up when it arrives.

You dont need to go to reseller. Protectli provides flashli tool that you can start from live ubuntu linux. Its a simple python script that will detect your device and then offer AMI or coreboot bios. You can switch back to AMI any time. Or vice versa. Tool is located here and it is official tool: https://github.com/protectli-root/protectli-firmware-updater

Now here's the part that I found really interesting... The Protectli devices are on government contract, they are being used a bunch of places that we don't know about.

That should not be a problem because they have open source bios.

Model is VP4650 with six i226 ports
Single DDR5 16GB of ram was nearly $200usd, $60 for a small NVME, and $35 for a rack shelf. That puts the rest at around $6xx. I don't have the actual invoice in hand yet.

Thats a beast.