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Specs needed for a build for a google fiber WAN using HOME use version"?

chriswise
I am going to be getting Google fiber at my house soon and would like to put together a server build to run the home version of Sophos that will be able to handle the full gigabit of up and down speed I will have while still using the antivirus and intrusion prevention features. I currently have a 100 Mb connection and am using an older sonic wall but even this goes down to 70 MB whenever I turn on the gateway antivirus and intrusion prevention so there is no way it will handle my new connection.


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    Basically.
    1/. very fast CPU way over 3ghz (dual core will be adequate, quad core if that is all you can get) i3, celeron, e3, i5 if desperate.
    2/. 8gb ram
    3/. Intel, Broadcom NICs (there is a third one)
    4/. no hyper threading

    That should allow to use all features, at this stage the intrusion software is still single threaded and will be your bottle neck. But with high ghz cpu shouldn't limit too much and will your receiving devices be able handle that amount of data at that speed?

    All the best and all I can do is dream that one day I might get a 100mb/s service.

    Ian

    Ian,

    home UTM 9.x running in ESXi 6 e3-1275v2

    AP55c and AP10 (courtesy Astaro)

    Three other UTMs, SUM and SFM in hibernation

    XG 15.x MR3 in hibernation

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    Basically.
    1/. very fast CPU way over 3ghz (dual core will be adequate, quad core if that is all you can get) i3, celeron, e3, i5 if desperate.
    2/. 8gb ram
    3/. Intel, Broadcom NICs (there is a third one)
    4/. no hyper threading

    That should allow to use all features, at this stage the intrusion software is still single threaded and will be your bottle neck. But with high ghz cpu shouldn't limit too much and will your receiving devices be able handle that amount of data at that speed?

    All the best and all I can do is dream that one day I might get a 100mb/s service.

    Ian

    Ian,

    home UTM 9.x running in ESXi 6 e3-1275v2

    AP55c and AP10 (courtesy Astaro)

    Three other UTMs, SUM and SFM in hibernation

    XG 15.x MR3 in hibernation

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  • 0 in reply to IanMorehouse
    how about something like this? I can get a good deal on this used dell rackmount online
    Processor (CPU): Intel Xeon i3-2100 Dual Core 3.10GHz 3MB 5.0GT/s 65W

    Memory (RAM): 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 RAM
    Supports up to 32GB

    Hard Drives: 2 x Used Dell 1TB 7.2K 3.5in SATA Enterprise

    Optical Drives: Optical Drive Not Included
    (
    Network Card (NIC): Two embedded Gigabit Ethernet ports
    Storage Controller: Software based SATA (RAID 0, 1)
  • 0 in reply to chriswise
    I think that setup would be just fine. Make sure to turn off Speedstep technology in the BIOS if it has it (Xeon boards usually do) and check the NICs, make sure that they are Broadcom and/or Intel based chipsets. Dell usually uses Broadcom based NICs in their hardware. If they are Realtek, avoid it, or don't use the NICs and get your own.

    OPNSense 64-bit | Intel Xeon 4-core v3 1225 3.20Ghz
    16GB Memory | 500GB SSD HDD | ATT Fiber 1GB
    (Former Sophos UTM Veteran, Former XG Rookie)

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