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[Question] i3, Esxi and UTM (home)

Hey guys just had a quick question.
Im eyeing of my next build and considering consolidating a few boxes into a esxi environment. UTM being one of them.

I would like to keep it low powered so i was thinking along the lines of a Intel Core i3 3220T (2.8GHz Dual Core with Hyperthreading). My question is what kind of resources would v9 need to run the following.
PF,Web Filtering (AV + Cache), WAF, IPsec site2site, SSL roadwarrior, Inter-Vlan Routing (4). 10users, 25ish devices.

I was planning to move my ftp/webserver, ldap/radius, torrents as separate vHosts. Am i dreaming or overkill? Should i be aimming higher?

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0 BarryG over 12 years ago

Hi,

1. you didn't specify your bandwidth requirements.
If over 50mbps, I would recommend:
a. faster CPU, including AES-NI for VPN encryption acceleration (i3's don't have it, i5's and i7's do)

2. Astaro v9 needs a lot of RAM for the http/web proxy. Supposedly 9.006 will improve things, but plan on dedicating 3-4GB to the UTM VM.

3. Each VM for your servers will need dedicated RAM.

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0 BarryG over 12 years ago

Hi,

1. you didn't specify your bandwidth requirements.
If over 50mbps, I would recommend:
a. faster CPU, including AES-NI for VPN encryption acceleration (i3's don't have it, i5's and i7's do)

2. Astaro v9 needs a lot of RAM for the http/web proxy. Supposedly 9.006 will improve things, but plan on dedicating 3-4GB to the UTM VM.

3. Each VM for your servers will need dedicated RAM.

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