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Hi all, I love using OPNSense, I'm an amateur, and I switched from pfsense, which I used for a decade or so. Now I'm building a new gateway server with OPNSense. Thanks in advance for your guidance!

Should I include a pair or more of SATA SSDs in the build for local caching?  Is there a guide that describes the big ideas and how to set up cashing on an OPNSense box?

My build and installation will serve my SOHO / HomeLab (Small Office/Home Office /HomeLab).  So I want a SOHO LAN, Guest network, and Personal/Home network.

The system is built on ASRockRack: E3C246D4U2-2T server board specs
It is a pretty cool mATX board with two onboard 10GB RJ45 ports. I love that. CPU: ntel(R) Xeon(R) E-2126G CPU @ 3.30GHz, Memory: 4x2666 MT/s 16GB

The hardware might be overkill (?!) The last gateway server I built lasted almost a decade...so why not?

Can I set up the basics first, then add drives and configure local caching later?  Or should I add the drives now before I install OPNSense?

Thanks again!

Rick


I'm sure I can build and load and configure things for basic firewall/router stuff, I'm not sure about anything else ;-)