Hello all!
I am looking to setup a UTM box for my home network to play around with (learn) and take advantage of the huge feature set that is offered with the home edition.
I currently have two ESXi 5.5 Update 1 hosts (Core i7-2600K) with 24GB of RAM in each and share the load of 36 VMs (not all are on). They have 5 NICs in each and the network breakdown like this:
Current
DSL Modem----Cisco Router-----Cisco Switch----Cisco Switch
The Cisco router is the GW for all subnets
Future
DSL Modem----UTM----Cisco Router-----Cisco Switch----Cisco Switch
vSwitch 0 (2 NICs dedicated)
Vlan 5 Mgmt
Vlan 10 LAN (wireless/media streaming)
Vlan 15 Servers
Vlan 25 VMotion
Vlan 30 VPN (Cisco DMVPN)
Vlan 35 FT
vSwitch 1 (2 NICs dedicated)
Vlan 20 iSCSI multipathing (Synology DS412+)
ESXi 1
2 x NICs teamed for all Vlan except iSCSI
2 x NICs iSCSI multipathing to Synology NAS
1 x NIC unused (potential UTM external NIC)
ESXi 2
2 x NICs teamed for all Vlan except iSCSI
2 x NICs iSCSI multipathing to Synology NAS
1 x NIC unused (potential UTM external NIC)
First option:
Shuttle DS81 $210
Intel Core i3-4330 Hasswell $140
Startech USB 3.0 NIC (DMZ) $35
Corsair Vengeance RAM 8GB $75
OCZ 120GB SSD (I currently have this)
Roughly about $460 from Newegg
Second Option
Virtualized UTM with 3 x VMXNET NICs
I would like to use the spare NIC I have in each host as the external interface for UTM and have the other two NICs mapped to my internal network and an DMZ interface for anything internet facing.
So I guess my question is what are the benefits for each option? Obviously money from the start, but I would I would like to accomplish the same level (if possible) of usability and security of using dedicated hardware. I am also looking for detailed info for setting of the network configuration for ESXi. I know a separate vSwitch will be needed to map the external UTM interface to the extra physical NIC i have in each host, but I am open to options.
I have search through this forum and have seen a couple of examples, but not quite what I’m looking to accomplish with the hardware I currently have. Let me know if greater detail is needed
Thoughts?
MG
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