Lightning Wire Labs is the company behind the flagship series of IPFire appliances. They are developing reference hardware that has been optimised to work perfectly together with IPFire.
Rack-mount appliances
For deployments in larger companies and authorities, or in schools with hundreds of students accessing the Internet, there are rack-mountable appliances available that get the maximum out of IPFire and being power-efficient at the same time.
SOHO/IoT appliances
For small businesses, home offices or remote offices, a series of smaller appliances is available that bring the full set of features of IPFire in a small form-factor. They are also perfect for IoT applications.
Cloud Appliances
Virtual appliances are also available on Amazon Web Services.
Comparison Chart
| IPFire Enterprise Appliance | IPFire Business Appliance | IPFire Office Appliance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | Rev 1.0 | Rev 1.0 | Rev 1.0 |
| System | |||
| Processor Series | Intel Xeon-D Series | Intel Atom Server Series | Intel Atom Server Series |
| Memory | 16 GB | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Networking | |||
| Ethernet Adapters | 2x 10G, 2x 1G | 4x 1G | 4x 1G |
| Throughput1 | Full 10G | Full 1G | Full 1G |
| Cryptography | |||
| AES 256 GCM (per CPU) | ~2.4 GByte/s | ~740 MByte/s | ~740 MByte/s |
| AES 256 CBC | ~422 MByte/s | ~400 MByte/s | ~400 MByte/s |
| HWRNG | Intel RDRAND & RDSEED | ||
| Power Consumption | |||
| Typical Load | ~34 W | ~25 W | ??? |
| Full CPU Load | ~77 W | ~32 W | ??? |
FAQ
Are any of the appliances vulnerable to Meltdown/Spectre/etc?
Yes, some of the appliances are affected. There is an extra page that lists which appliances is affected by which vulnerability and how they are mitigated.
Further Reading
- There are benchmarks for developers available using Lightning Wire Labs Appliances.
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