On Nov 4, 2017, at 4:06 PM, Sebastian Moeller <moeller0@gmx.de> wrote:

Hi Pete,

I like https://www.amazon.de/HP-ProLiant-MicroServer-G1610T-SATA-Server/dp/B013UBCHVU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509807007&sr=8-1&keywords=hp+proliant+microserver+gen8

quite a lot. It comes with 2 ethernet controllers and ports
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
as far as I can tell these support BQL, but I am not 100% sure...
and will also allow to replace the slightly anemic celeron with a xeon or an i3 or i5, at around 211EUR still a good catch, but a bit on the high side of your list, but it comes with 4GB ecc memory already...

That looks like a great option. It’s a little more than I’d hoped to spend, but also more than I expected to get for this price.

Can I ask, can you tell if it's using the tg3 driver, either with lsmod, or "dmesg | grep -i ethernet”, or “ethtool -i eth0”, or similar? If so, I see BQL support in that code, and it’s listed as having hardware timestamp support for PTP (http://linuxptp.sourceforge.net). Looks great...

I see a Gen 10 available here for slightly more with the same BCM5720 NIC, and a AMD Opteron X3216 instead, plus 8 gigs of RAM, which I don’t need really, but I can search more for similar hardware: https://www.alza.cz/hpe-proliant-microserver-gen10-d5127723.htm?o=1

Thanks for the tip!