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Hardware specs for DIY appliance

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Hi,

I want to build my own appliance for the home edition. Are there any spec sheets or something similar that will tell me what kind of performance I can expect from different processors (Celeron, Atom, i3, i5 etc.)?

Specifically, my home internet uplink has 400 mbits and I run many parallel sessions that I would all like to protect with IPS, AV, SSL-decryption etc. - So I need to build an appliance that can handle the 400 mbit with all features enabled. If I were to buy a Sophos XG appliance, I would probably go for a XG105. Unfortunately Sophos don't tell the hardware specs on their site... 

Right now I am looking at a Zbox MI551 that has a 6th gen Intel i5 quad-core at 2.2 Ghz. Overkill? Good enough? I wouldn't mind some extra breathing room, I just need to avoid having a box that's too slow.



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  • 0 in reply to Emile Belcourt

    So... I built my little machine, but unfortunately, when I boot SFOS for the first time, it tells me it can only detect one NIC and goes into failsafe mode (whatever that means). The mainboard has two NICs installed, both are activated in the BIOS. Is it possible SFOS uses such an old Linux kernel that it is unable to detect common NICs?

    These are the NICs (they belong to Intels H170 chipset):

    1) Intel i211 Ethernet Controller with MAC, PHY and PCIe interface

    2) Intel i219LM PHY connected to the MAC of the processor

    What a let down :(

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