Sophos: Compatible appliance

[hakuna]

Hey all,

I have been running my OPNSense for years now on a humble Zotac i5 (2/4) miniPC with dual Realtek NIC, 16GB memory and SSD.
I am running the basic plus Zenarmor and NTOPNG with a decent performance both from hardware and network.
I wanna give some love to my home network with a proper 10G switch and a more decent firewall setup that can be fitted within a small U alike rack.

I know folks have managed to run OPNSense on Sophos hardware which some are 100% operational with the led and front buttons working without issue.
You can buy some cheap whatever that means Sophos appliances on eBay, which models are recommended???

Preferable a model that allows memory expansion and SSD replacement if possible.
16GB memory is a must imo to have a decent experience if you wanna play around with things rather than a standard router/firewall.

Thank you so much for any help.

[FrankAusNRW]

I'm just testing a SG230 v2 appliance w/ 6+2 ports installed.
Installation went smooth, CPU can be changed, memory can be expanded.
If the LCD and the buttons are working need to be tested, but I woun't need that at all.

[hakuna]

I'm just testing a SG230 v2 appliance w/ 6+2 ports installed.
Installation went smooth, CPU can be changed, memory can be expanded.
If the LCD and the buttons are working need to be tested, but I woun't need that at all.

I found one fairly cheap but it has been an adventure to find hardware info such as memory and CPU.
It seems to have an SSD which is great since I will be replacing it anyway to install OPNSense.

LCDProc can be set, it just requires some tweak with Sophos hardware.

[PracticalHomeLabs]

Can you expand on what needs to be tweaked with the Sophos Hardware? I currently have an XG 210 REV3 that is coming to the End Of Life support with Sophos, so they are no longer going to provide me with the NFR licenses for Partners. Why, I don't understand. The hardware is still in perfect condition, and runs great!
Hence, why I was looking to try out OPNSense and PFSense on it. But, I want to use the LCD on the front panel as well.
In the meantime, I'm looking at re-purposing one of my smaller ESXi Hosts, and have it as a dedicated OPNSense or PFSense box as it has 6 x 1Gbe Intel Ports, and 2 x 10Gbe SFP+ Intel Ports. Make sure these will perform how I want them to, and then migrate to the Sophos Hardware once my NFR licenses expire at the end of March 2025.