Current hardware good for Gig

[cbarbie]

My pfSense is currently servicing:
OPENVPN 2 clients max
Plex for 2 remote users
10 PCs/servers
3 IOT
3 streaming devices
2 phones
Occasional visitors

pfSense Packages:
pfBlockerNG
Open-VM-Tools

Current setup:
300 down / 15 up
Supermicro A1SAi CPU C2758
2.41GHz 8cores 8threads / 8GB
pfSense running under ESXi 4 cores

Working from home is limited by the current bandwidth. Thinking of moving to Gig but not sure the current pfSense would handle it.

1. Could the current C2758 handle 1g?

2. If not, I may be able to acquire this:
   Supermicro X9SPV-LN4F-3QE CPU i7-3612QE
   2.10GHz (Turbo 3.10) 4cores 8threads / 8GB
   pfSense on hardware
   The turbo puts it higher than the C2758

3. Should I look at something else?

[stephenw10]

A C2758 can route/firewall at 1Gbps, packet size and latency allowing. If it's installed baremetal at least, not sure I've seen one as a VM.

It's a C2000 CPU though with all that implies...

Steve

[VAMike]

@cbarbie it seems like you're comparing those two options by clock speed, which is invalid because they are different architectures. The 3612QE isn't a little bit faster per core, it's probably more like 3x faster per core and 2x faster for heavily threaded work. Whether you actually need that is a different question, biggest factor is whether you internet is delivered via PPPoE. If so, the C2758 will probably struggle to hit 1gbps under virtualization. If not then you probably are fine with the existing hardware.

[cbarbie]

Thank you for the replies.

The current setup handles 300/15 without a sweat with only 4 cores allocated. I would be switching to FIOS, not sure if they use PPPoE.

[VAMike]

@cbarbie FIOS used to use PPPoE in some locations, they've mostly gotten rid of it