Hardware for Sophos UTM on VM with 10 GBit/s network

Hallo,

I doubt you can fill even a 1Gig pipe if this is a home-use situation.  How many simultaneous users do you have?  What is your daily, weekly or monthly download volume?

Cheers - Bob

Thank you Bob for your reply and your specific questions. It is a home-use situation, yes. There are about 10 devices simultaneously connected, so that shouldn't be a bottle neck. But, as a astro-physicist, I have a considerable amount of data for a single machine. The raw data of a single telescope image can take 10s of GB. And as I am often free to work where I prefer, working frome home is one of my favorites.

The ISP provides 10 GBit/s anyways, and there is not really a cheaper solution from another (or the same ISP) with lower speed, so it does not make sense to go for a slower connection. So it would be nice to make use of it, even if it is on rare occasions for the rest of the family, it is of regular use to me and my work.

I hope this gives a better idea of my situation and my goals. :)

Sounds like fun!

You can create an Intrusion Prevention Exception for the satellite downloads and you will want to exclude any satellite accesses via Web Filtering.

Look at the last page or two of the "unofficial HCL" which is at the top of this forum for suggestions about NICs and other hardware.  You will want the fastest CPU you can afford.  Probably at least two cores, but as many as you might have different devices needing such high bandwidth simultaneously.  8GB of RAM with the potential to go to 32.

Please post back here with your choice so that others may comment before you buy.

Cheers - Bob

Sounds like fun!

You can create an Intrusion Prevention Exception for the satellite downloads and you will want to exclude any satellite accesses via Web Filtering.

Look at the last page or two of the "unofficial HCL" which is at the top of this forum for suggestions about NICs and other hardware.  You will want the fastest CPU you can afford.  Probably at least two cores, but as many as you might have different devices needing such high bandwidth simultaneously.  8GB of RAM with the potential to go to 32.

Please post back here with your choice so that others may comment before you buy.

Cheers - Bob

It definitely is fun! There is so much to explore: the whole universe, literally. :P

Thank you for your ideas concerning the exceptions, which sound very reasonable.

Fast multicore CPU and 32GB RAM sounds feasible. Are there any restrictions to 10 GBit NICs and virtualisation I should be aware of? Thank you very much. Have a pleasant day.

See *Unofficial* Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) and UTM HCL.  If using ESXi, choose VMXNET3 NICs.

Cheers - Bob