i5 9600K throughput
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Hello,
I'm looking to learn about PFSense (I've played with m0n0wall over 10 years ago, but sure much has changed). I've current got a UniFi UDM SE. Some of the things are a bit annoying with the UDM and thinking of moving away from UniFi gateway/routers, and just keep my switches and APs.
I've got 5Gbps internet, may go to 6Gbps. I'm looking to route at least 5-6Gbps, as well as wire speed Suricata. VPN, 1Gbps would be nice, but not really necessary. It's just home use, and remote access would be from connections with at most 1Gbps at most 4 remote users. Will also add PFBlockerNG.
I've got a Z390 MB and i5-9600K sitting on a shelf, would need to add a NIC, memory, PSU, CPU cooler, and 2U chassis.
Would this hit the requirements? I couldn't find much regarding i5 and consumer CPUs. VPN is the softest.
There are a couple of other options I'm open to, such as adding the Netgate CPIC 8955, or a 9th gen CPU upgrade (i9-9900), or some used server equipment such as E3. Xeon D-1700/2700 is also on the list, but would really prefer to put that off until I decide if this "works" for me. Used Xeon D is insanely expensive, and used server equipment needs to be recased/modified for bigger fans/noise. Used Xeon E3/E5, not sure about performance/watt, older stuff seems not so great, relative to newer.
I'm also not sure if it's more important to have more cores or faster cores.
Thanks!
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@nunyab I would start with theses benchmarks
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I would expect that i5 to do it. At least the routing and filtering part. And probably the VPN given the right VPN type and traffic conditions. 'Line rate' Suricata may be more of an issue but it will probably do it as long as you don't just load every ruleset!
You have it gathering dust on a shelf so try it and see.Steve
