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

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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0 IanMorehouse over 8 years ago

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,

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