After the upgrade, I had to turn IPS off, and go down to 1 AV scanner to boost the performance of the proxy to a reasonable speed. I am currently on an old AMD CPU dual core, 2.3? GHZ with only 2 GB of RAM.
As such, this is what I am looking for.
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- Raw performance with a 35mbit up/down connection.
- IPS - on
- Dual AV - on
- Application control - on with a lot under control
- A firewall blocking a ton of countries via CIDR - More on this later.
- APT - on
- Email protection - on
- VoIP setup -on - eventually
- Web filtering on and locked hardcore and under Sophos it is slower.
- Endpoint protection - maybe
- Wireless protection - to be used soon
- Keeping this hardware for another 5+ years
- Saving energy where possible
I currently have 4 separate networks.
1. WAN
2. Highly locked down internal network. (Banking, shopping, etc. done here)
3. Open network, just using firewall rules and no proxy - Linux only + TV + VOD
4. Hacklab network - Used for when I do security research - wide open
Knowing all of this, here is what I am thinking:
Asus H81M-K motherboard - Listed in unofficial HCL.
Intel 17-4790K CPU 4.0 GHZ base with 4.4 Turbo!
16 GB of Crucial Ballistix Tactical PC3 12800 RAM
A new SATA 6 hard drive.
About $560, without the hard drive.
I have to make sure the CPU cooler will fit in my 2U case.
I have to see if that is the correct RAM for that motherboard, but it would be more or less the same.
Questions:
They make a low power version of that CPU that is clocked at 3.2GHZ and turbos up to 4.0 It runs cooler and is less power hungry.
1. I am assuming the UTM take advantage of the Turbo. Am I correct?
2. How much performance do you think I will lose using the slower, low power version of that CPU, over a lifetime of 5 years?
I would like to add a separate network for my wireless.
3. How many NICs am I limited to on the home version? I can only see 4 of the 5 ports under interfaces.
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