I’m planning to purchase a Sophos SG 105 or SG 115 for work. We use less than 1 Mbps, but we need many services (Firewall, NAT, IPS, Email Protection with spam filter and antivirus, URL filtering and antivirus, Webserver protection and a couple SSL VPN connections). We want to buy an appliance and pay for a subscription and support rather than roll our own as we do with our current, non-Sophos firewall.
My question is: What happens if I open the SG 105 and replace the HDD with SSD (which I prefer for reliability, it will be an enterprise grade SSD) and upgrade the RAM to 4 GB (for future-proofing)? Can I reinstall and have it keep working as an appliance? Similarly, what happens if the HDD crashes, can I replace it with one off the shelf or do I have to wait for a replacement from Sophos and go without a firewall?
I read the thread below, and got the impression that if I did this it will be like using the free version on a home-built computer, which I don’t want.
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I’d be happy to pay for the SG 115 to get the 4 GB but I’d still like SSD. The SG 230 with SSD is not in our budget.
Thanks for any responses. A high quality user forum is a major factor in my purchasing decision.
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