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Old 09-01-2004, 06:55 PM  
Superterrorizer
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Originally posted by rickholio

The cheaper (and in my opinion, more flexible) way is to run a unix box with virtual server support. It's free software, and unless you're pushing a WHOLE bunch of traffic (500mbps+) it'll handle your load easily assuming you put the software on a box with sufficiently advanced hardware. You can easily get 250mbps+ out of a stock P4 Dell 1u box with 2x GigE copper ports.
Just curious what you mean by "Stock P4 dell" I don't know of any "stock" server (Stock meaning no frills) that's going to push 100mbit nevermind 250mbit. (This is purely based on hard drive I/O.)
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