Sophos SG 210/220/310/330 - blast from the past?

[Tubs]

Hello,

there I are many new hardware devices with modern powerful CPU, small form factor and low energy footprint and low noise that it is difficult to find the right choice. "Old" hardware is cheap to get as used devices often was a good choice in the past.

Is today a Sophos SG 210 / SG 220 / SG 310 / SG 330 still a good choice to run OPNsense in an ambitious home environment? Or is it blast from the past that cannot compete with actual new devices in regards of power, energy consumption and noise, even when taking cost into the calculation?

I am looking to upgrade my Qotom Q355G4 with something that provides one or two SFP+ ports. A DEC2752A or DEC2770 looks like a "dream build" but at high price. Is Sophos you get for around 100 $/EUR still an option to go nowadays?

[bimbar]

I don't think so. You can get cheap Intel N100 boxes for 150.

[FrankAusNRW]

Just installed OPNsense 24.7 on a SG230 r2 appliance smoothly.
The CPU is a G4400 (2c/2t) that can be replaced by another LGA1151 socket CPU if required.

[Greg_E]

If you can get the SG 330 rev2 for $100, that might be a decent device, but I wouldn't go with a rev1 because you can beat the performance with other devices.

According to one ebay listing, the 330 rev1 is a fourth generation i5, or at least that's what someone put in it. That's getting kind of old but should still work. But the rev1 doesn't have 10gbps ports.

I'm seeing the rev2 for $800 used, which is right up there with a DEC 2752... I'd buy the DEC2752 if it was my money.

You might need to look for one of the small form factor PCs and add in the cards that you want. HP Elite gen 2 or 3 (or newer) might be a good choice, the Prodesk don't have enough PCIe slots.

There are a few of the devices similar to a Quotom that have 10gbps ports, I think I've seen some for around $300. And most of these are going to run the n100 processor or maybe an AMD processor. Either seems to work fine.

You might be able to use an HP t740 if you get a card that has 2 gigabit and 2 10gbps ports. Only one slot so your choices are very limited.