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Hardware Motherboard: Supermicro X9DRi-F Backplane: BPN-SAS2-846EL1 24-port 4U SAS2 6Gbps single-expander backplane HBA: LSI 9211-8i (IT Mode) CPU: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2630L V2 (Low Power) Hex (6) Core 2.4Ghz CPU coolers: Supermicro stock Network: Mellanox MNPH29D-XTR ConnectX Dual Port SFP+ 10Gb GPU: None RAM: 64GB DDR3 (8 x 8GB - DDR3 - REG PC3-10600R (1333MHZ)) PSU: 2x 920Watt Power Supply PWS-920P-SQ Platinum Boot drive: Samsung MUF-32AB/AM FIT Plus 32GB Parity drives: 2x 10TB WD Gold Storage drives: 5x 8TB HGST Ultrastar HE8 Storage drives: 1x 10TB WD Gold Cache drives: 2x 240GB Intel S3520 SSD Unassigned Devices drives: 2x 1TB Seagate Constellation.2 2.5" SAS (VM's) in RAID 1 using BTRFS Case: Supermicro CSE-846 Total capacity: 70TB (raw), 50TB useable, Score: 50 * ln (6) = 89.5879734614 Software and Configuration: UnRAID for about 2 months now which I moved to from a ReadyNAS RN516. Nextcloud, Emby, LetsEncrypt w/ NGINX reverse proxy, and a couple of VM's. Usage: Personal/Family/Friends NAS, Media Storage, Emby, Docker Host. Backup: Backing up to the RN516 that was replaced. RN516 is in JBOD mode with 3x10TB Easystore and 3x12TB Easystore drives. I also backup offsite to work and have 3x8TB WD Red's for the important data. Having 1000/250 FTTH internet helps with the offsite backups. I also have a spare 12TB Easystore, 10TB Easystore, and 10TB WD UltraStar in case of drive failures that are cleared and ready to go. Photos:

Go with a 9207-8i as it supports SSD's. I went with a 9211-8i and then found out it doesn't support SSD's (TRIM, etc.) which is fine as though I don't plan on using the in my NAS.

I don't think the USG Pro-4 is going to provide you with the bandwidth you have. I'm sure it won't if you enable QoS or IPS/IDS. We use the USG Pro-4's at work and I use Untangle at home. The USG is a piece of garbage compared to Untangle and I HATE having to resort to JSON Hell when doing even basic things since the interface doesn't support it. The picture below is with a 25/5 DSL connection and it is using 44% of the CPU currently. Sometimes it is closer to 70%. I can't wait for our Gigabit Fiber connection so get here so that I can convince them to replace the USG's. Untangle HomePro is $40/yr and worth every penny imo. The TunnelVPN app is great and the OpenVPN app is easy to configure as well. I haven't used pfSense very much so I will refrain from commenting on it.

I got tired of my EdgeRouter Pro and it's limitations with QoS enabled and complete lack of any kind of IPS/IDS so I splurged. Here is the box that I wound up with. We are getting 1Gbps/250Mbps fiber here in the next couple of months with 1Gbps/1Gbps coming after that and I wanted something that could handle it with IPS/IDS, QoS, Application Control, multiple VPN's, and AV. It also has 2x10Gbe ports for when I step up to a 10Gbe core switch. I have to say that for the $40/year for a HomePro license I am very happy with it. I also have 4 fiber uplinks running out to my shop (the small rack) where my backup NAS resides. This is the average CPU usage for yesterday so I think I have some headroom for when the fiber is hooked up. The spikes are when definitions are being updated from what I can tell as they are consistent every day.

QoS will still help though for upload. You are correct though that download won't help all that much.