Jupiter IIIB 1U Server pfSense appliance

Jupiter III 1U Server
Jupiter IIIB Back w/ 6 x 1GbE PortsRemove rack ears for desktop chasis

Jupiter IIIB pfSense Appliance. 3.5Ghz Xeon e3-1275V2. Two (2) x GbE and two (2) 10GbE SFP+ Direct Attached ( or up to eight (8) ports of 2 x Intel 1GbE and 6 x Intel 10GbE). 4GB DDR3 RAM. pfSense 2.0 64-bit (AMD64) Firmware on 2GB DOM. Up to 100,000 users. Stateful inspection firewall. Up to 8,000,000 concurrent connections. 1U short-depth case dimension: 19" x 1.75" x 9.84".

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

Notes:

  1. This is a special order item. There may be a 1-2 week delay in delivery. We don't normally stock the Intel Xeon e3-1275V2 CPU or the 10GbE adapters!
  2. This model replaces the Jupiter III RM1U PFNF9A-Q67.
  3. Following are the main differences between the Jupiter IV and the Jupiter III:
    • The Jupiter III has about 20% or more CPU performance since it is based on the Intel Ivy Bridge Xeon Server processor.  The Jupiter IV is based on a low-power mobile version.
    • The Jupiter IV has more network interfaces: four (4) more built-in Intel i82574L Gigabit Ethernet. Similar additional network interfaces can be added by a PCI-e x16 expansion slot.
    • The power consumption of the Jupiter IIIB is about 100W (maximum 120W), while it is about 60W (maximum 80W) for the Jupiter IV.

The 1U Server Jupiter IIIB appliance has been employed at the following network locations to protect SMB (Small and Medium Business) and Enterprise:

  1. Internet edge
  2. Corporate Headquarter
  3. Enterprise/Campus Data Center

Features

  1. Short-Depth 1U Rackmount Case. The form factor of the 1U server is about 19 inches by 10 inches by 1.75 inches in dimensions. Weight about 13 lbs.
    • The 1U rack ears can be removed to turn into a desktop chassis. See picture!
  2. Intel Quad-Core 3.5Ghz Xeon e3-1275V2.
    • Almost three times faster than the popular Intel Xeon E5607-based systems.
    • High Performance IPSec VPN without VPN Hardware Accelerator (440 Mbps AES256/155 155 Mbps 3DES).
    • Performance for UTM (Unified Threat Management) applications.
  3. Ethernet options:
    1. Six (6) Ports: Intel Gigabit Ethernet
    2. Eight (8) Ports: Intel Gigabit Ethernet
      • Two (2) built-in: 1 x Intel i82579LM, 1 x Intel i82574L
      • Six (6) Intel i82571 (Silicom PE2G6i adapter)
      • Please contact support@hacom.net for the fiber port option of the hex-port Silicom adapter (Silicom PE2G6SFPi )
    3. Four (4) Ports: 2 x Intel Gigabit and 2 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet
      • Two (2) built-in 1GbE: 1 x Intel i82579LM, 1 x Intel i82574L
      • Two (2) Intel i82599 10GbE (Intel X520-DA2): dual DA ports or SPF+ cages 
      • Please contact support@hacom.net for optional configuration of Intel X520 10G Ethernet with choices of dual DA/SFP+, RJ45, LC ports (E10G42BTDA/E10G42BT/E10G42BTFSR )
        For more information, please take a look at Intel X520 10G Ethernet Product Brief.
    4. Eight (8) Ports: 2 x Intel Gigabit and 6 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet
      • Two (2) built-in 1GbE: 1 x Intel i82579LM, 1 x Intel i82574L
      • Six (6) Intel i82599 10GbE (Silicom PE210G6SPi9-XR): hex DA ports or SPF+ cages 
      • Please contact support@hacom.net for optional configuration of Silicom PE210G6SPi9 10G Ethernet with choices of hex DA/SFP+, SR or LR ports (PE210G6SPi9-XR/PE210G6SPi9-SR/PE210G6SPi9-LR )
        For more information, please take a look at Silicom PE10G6SPi9 10G Ethernet technical specifications.
  4. 64-bit (AMD64) pfSense 2.0 firmware on a 2GB Industrial DOM (Disk-on-Module).
    • Optional Raid 1 (Mirrored Array of two 500GB drives) for redundancy.
  5. BIOS Console redirection capable
    • Simplifying remote access and administration
    • Eliminating the needs for keyboard and monitor in datacenter
Price: $2,499.99
$2,499.99
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SKU: RM1U PFNF9E-Q77
Specifications

Capabilities, Performance and Cost Comparison:

Firewall Jupiter IIIB pfSense 1U Server Cisco ASA 5555-X3 Cisco ASA 5585 with SSP103
Performance Summary
Concurrent Sessions 2,000,000 (4GB RAM) 1,000,000 2,000,000
Firewall Throughput 3 Gbps
(4 Gbps w/ 8 x GbE ports) 		 4 Gbps 4 Gbps
IPSec VPN Throughput 440 Mbps AES-2561 700 Mbps3 1 Gbps3
Maximum Site-to-Site and Remote Access VPN Sessions 10,000
(limited by RAM capacity)		 5,000 5,000
Multi-Wan
Load Balancing		 Five (5) WAN
(limited by number
of available interfaces)		 ? ?
Failover Supported Active/Standby5 Active/Standby Active/Active6 Active/Standby Active/Active6
Technical Summary
CPU Speed

3.5Ghz Intel Xeon e3-1275V2
(4C/8T) 

 Multicore, Enterprise class
(2.80 Ghz Intel 4C/8T)		 Multicore, Enterprise class
(Xeon 5500 2.13Ghz 2 CPUs 16 Cores)
Memory 4GB (max 16GB) 16GB 6GB
Storage 2GB DOM
(optional 2.5inch HD/SSD)		 8GB System Flash 8GB System Flash
Interfaces 6 Intel Gigabit Ethernet Ports 
(Expendable to 6 x 10GbE)		 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports and
1 Gigabit Ethernet Dedicated Management port
(Expandable 14 Gigabit Ethernet ports)		 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports and 2 10GbE SFP/SFP+
Virtual Interfaces (VLAN) ~4,000 500 1024
Power Consumption ~120W ~ 400W (estimated) ~ 400W (estimated)
Additional Network Security Capabilities
Intrusion Prevention Snort
(Subscription required)		 IPS Edition License features IPS Edition License features
Anti-spam, anti-phishing, URL filtering Squid
Squidguard
(HD required)		 Content Security Plus License features Content Security Plus License features
Content Security
(Anti-virus, Anti-Spyware, File Blocking)		 HAVP
(HD Required)		 Content Security Plus License features Content Security Plus License features
Cost $3,000 $6,3717 $29,4897

Notes:

1As measured by IPerf.
2With the Soekris VPN1411 VPN Hardware Accelerator. The IPerf performance of the Jupiter I was measured and discussed in the article IPSec Performance Gained by 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. The IPerf performance of the Cisco ASA 5510 was measured and discussed in the article IPSec Performance of Cisco ASA 5510 as Measured by IPerf.
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.
6Active/Active configuration requires multiple security contexts (or virtual firewalls).
7Cisco ASA firewall cost is typically found on the Internet and includes the basic firewall feature set of Cisco ASA Software Release 8.2. Advanced features like security contexts and active/active high-availability may require additional licenses.

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
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