From: "Craig" <netburgher@REMOVEgmail.com>


| But, if the OP insists ... they might want to check out FreeNAS. Not
| Linux but Unix (FreeBSD). The blurb:
|
>> FreeNAS
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas
>> NAS (Network Attached Storage) server supporting: CIFS, FTP, NFS, RSYNC,
>> SSH, AFP, Unison, UPnP, iSCSI protocols, local and MS Domain
>> authentication, Software RAID (JBOD,0,1,5), disk encryption with a Full
>> WEB configuration interface. 32MB only.

The advantage of a PC setup as a FireWall is greater flexibility and configuration
possibilities.

However, I would look as optimizing the the networking to decrease latency. That is using
the best NICs. Such as using 64 bit PCI which runs at the PCI bus speed 66MHz vis PCI 32bit
which only runs at 33MHz. You would also want a PC that has the fast bus throughput.

--
Dave
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