Hardware recommendation for UTM Home Edition

Can anyone suggest up to date rig that could handle 10Mbit and more with double AV running?

Sure, i could go for i3 straight away, but i have an impression it would be a overkill for home use.

How about celeron J1900? Anyone has that kind of a system with 100Mbit+ internet?

I was looking also Jacek, something for a home user that would allow most if not all features to run without spending $500.  Looks like we'll have to just use a refurbished pc with a decent quad speed cpu on it with 8gb.  I know for sure you need 8gb, messed with over and over and over. If you use less than 8gb the utm swaps to disk way too much and slows everything down, you'll have to then change the updates to every 2 hours. geez.  Just make sure they're real intel cards, not realtek or other and preferably a quad something intel cpu with passmark greater than 3000.  Those 2000 and less passmark cpus on most fanless things just don't run worth a crap, but i'm very impatient. haha  Good luck sir.

For just a 10Mbit connection with a few users, the Qotom mini PC with the Intel J1900 CPU will do just fine. Go with the one with 8Gb RAM and a 64Gb or 128Gb SSD. This one has the Intel ethernet chip.

https://www.amazon.com/Qotom-Q190G4-S01-Industrial-Gateway-Firewall/dp/B01AAKGPOO?th=1

On my UTM with intrusion protection, antivirus.antispyware, and Remote access enabled it uses about 44% of the RAM.

Thank you Alan Weir, great to hear what exact model works. haha  I hate trial and error,  my storage sheds used to be full of crap someone promised would work, not positively DOES WORK. Thanks,  

I do not own a Qotom myself but the Intel I211-AT 10/100/1000 gigabit controller in it is widely used and the CPU is only 10 watts TDP.

Keep in mind if you plan to have multiple VPN connections concurrently you should look into a CPU that supports the AES-NI instruction set, like an Intel i3 or i5.

Thank you for that info.  Probably will do a refurbished pc with a quad something in it, and add a dual intel board.  That way if it sucks, I can still use it as a PC. haha  Thank you Alan Weir.

generaltab said:

Hello, I'm looking for a small dual Ethernet machine on which to run Sophos UTM Home Edition. Any recommendations?

You just need to find a simple, small "firewall appliance" or a "firewall computer" that is intel-compatible with at least 2 NICs, and preferably up to 4 cores and 6GB of RAM.  They can come "barebones" or with RAM and an SSD installed.  They are usually fanless, so they make no noise.

There are a lot of great affordable options available for under $500.  Many are under $300.  Several here recommend Qotom Q Series.  I like the Protectli Vault.  I have also used ZBOX Nano, which other users here have too.

You can also ask around.  If you have an old intel-compatible computer laying around or have one donated to you, it can work as long as it meets or exceeds the specifications above.

Im sure you will find something you like that fits your budget.

That Protectli Firewall appears very underpowered for the price. I wouldn't go with any model with 4Gb of ram unless it was upgradeable to 8Gb.

Hello,

For now I am using an Lenovo ThinkCentre computer.

has 4 gig ram

Intel core 2 vpro CPU (e8400) @3ghz

320 gig hard drive

I have 4 network ports in mine. And also the Broadcom Network chips used by HP Network Server cards I believe can be an issue also. But yes Intel Network cards / chip sets work well.

Using the home license currently running UTM ver 9.506-2

Works very well for me.

What kind of traffic you run through this? 100Mbit internet? Do you scan the traffic with 1 AV engine or 2? Thanks.