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Sophos user, admin and reseller.
Private Setup:
If you want a single connection (e.g. a single download) to achieve GBit speed, you will need a CPU with (I'm guessing) 10GHz speed per core.
The current IPS implementation in the UTM is limited as it is single threaded and absolutely GHz dependant.
To achieve the speed with multiple downloads a quad core with 3GHz or more should be OK.
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
If you want a single connection (e.g. a single download) to achieve GBit speed, you will need a CPU with (I'm guessing) 10GHz speed per core.
The current IPS implementation in the UTM is limited as it is single threaded and absolutely GHz dependant.
To achieve the speed with multiple downloads a quad core with 3GHz or more should be OK.
The specs that are needed for Sophos seem to be a mystery for some reason, Is there no place to find the specs that are needed based on internet speed, users, ect.? It would be great if Sophos had maybe a spreadsheet that we could look at to determine what is needed or better yet an online tool that would ask us questions then give us the proper specs needed to achieve best performance. The questions would go something like this, What is your internet speed, How many users are there, What features of Sophos do you want to use, Ect. I am forever seeing these same unknown questions on this forum, Myself included in the confusion to what hardware I need.
Just my take on whats needed to better serve us[;)]
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
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Sophos user, admin and reseller.
Private Setup:
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
Here's my rig:
Barebones MxPC with Dual Core ATOM D2550 @1.86Ghz $129
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856205007
4Gigs of G.Skill RAM $ 21
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231265
Mushkin 60Gig SSD $38
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226677
I did order a replacement fan cause people were saying the original kinda sucks
www.newegg.com/.../Product.aspx
So for about $200 you get a SUPER low power router with plenty of grunt to run full UTM. I have 30 meg cable and when I max it out the proc will be at about 15% so no problems at all..
Enjoy!