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Smoothwall Hardware Appliance Specifications

Updated
This article applies only to the Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance, not to our Cloud products.

To use Smoothwall’s On-Premise solution, you must choose one of our hardware appliances. The appliance will be sent to you for installation with our Delivery team's support.

There are devices available to meet your needs whether you are a small, single-site school or a large, multi-site organisation such as a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT).

Use the specifications below to decide which hardware is right for your organisation. For purchasing options and advice, speak to your Customer Success Manager.

Change or upgrade your hardware

If you already use Smoothwall hardware and want a replacement or upgrade:

  1. Review the specifications below to choose a model.
  2. Contact your Customer Success Manager or Smoothwall Support to discuss your requirements or organise a purchase.

You must purchase either:

  • A model with the same or greater number of ports.
  • Additional SFP ports that can be converted to copper ports with a module.

This ensures you will have enough interfaces and can keep the same level of performance for all the services you use.

Appliance specifications

Click the links below to download these specifications as a PDF.

Why are appliances missing from the list?

We did not release appliance versions S6, S7, and S13 and there are no specifications available for the S12. If you need details for the S1, S2, S4, S8, S10, S11, S14 or S14R, contact Smoothwall Support.

Hardware comparison

The table summarises the PDF specifications to compare the different hardware models.

Appliance S3 S5 S9 S9+ S15 S15 Reporter A, B, C and D S15+
Motherboard ASUS P12R-M microATX ASUS P12R-M microATX Server ASUS P12R-M microATX Server ASUS P12R-M microATX Server ASUS Z11PA-D8  SuperMicro MBD-H12SSL ASRock Rack SP2C741D16-2T
Form Factor Antec VSK 2000-U3 Micro ATX Case Short Rackmount, 1U Short Rackmount, 1U Short Rackmount, 1U Long Rackmount, 1U Long Rackmount, 2U Long Rackmount, 1U
Dimension (W x D x H) in mm 388 x 356 x 102 424 x 293 x 44 424 x 293 x 44 424 x 293 x 44 424 x 472 x 44 430 x 560 x 88 427 x 504 x 44
Weight 4.1Kg 4.2Kg 4.2Kg 4.2Kg 4.3Kg 20Kg 9.5Kg
Processor Intel Xeon E-2314 4 Core Intel Xeon E-2334 Intel Xeon E-2356G Intel Xeon E-2356G 2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4210R AMD Epyc 7352 2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
Clock speed, Cache 2.80 GHz - 8 MB Cache 4.80 GHz - 8 MB Cache 3.20 GHz - 12 MB Cache 3.20 GHz - 12 MB Cache 2.4GHz - 13.75 MB Cache 2.3GHz - 128MB L3 (3.2Ghz) 2.0GHz - 30MB Cache
CPU Cores & Threads 4 cores, 4 threads 4 cores, 8 threads 6 cores, 12 threads 6 cores, 12 threads 10 cores, 20 threads 24 cores, 48 threads 12 cores, 24 threads
TDP 65 W 65 W 80 W 80 W 100W 155W 150W
Memory 8GB DDR4 3200MHz 16GB DDR4 3200MHz 16GB DDR4 3200MHz 16GB DDR4 3200MHz 64GB 64GB 64GB
Hard Drive SSD 240GB 480GB 480GB 480GB 1.92TB 1.92TB 1.92TB
Additional Storage HDD N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
  • A and B: 4 x 4TB
  • C: 4 x 8TB
  • D: 4 x 14TB
 N/A
Network ports 6 x 1Gb RJ45 Copper 6 x 1Gb RJ45 Copper 6 x 1Gb RJ45 Copper
  • 2 x 1Gb RJ45 Copper
  • 4 x 10Gb SFP+
  • 4 x 1Gb RJ45 Copper
  • 2 x 10Gb SFP+
  • 2 x 1Gb RJ45 Copper
  • 2 x 10Gb SFP+
  • 2 x 1/2.5/10Gb RJ45 Copper
  • 4 x 10/25Gb SFP+
USB 3.0 ports 4 2 2 2 4 4 2
Copper Network Cables inc 2 4 4 4 4 1 4
Rail Kit N/A Y Y Y Y Y Y
Noise Levels 45 dB max load / 43 dB idle 54 dB max load / 48 dB idle 66 dB max load / 52 dB idle 66 dB max load / 52 dB idle 71 dB max load / 64 dB idle 55 dB max load / 52 dB idle 72dB max load, 62 dB idle
Air Flow Exits through the rear Exits through the front bezel Exits through the front bezel Exits through the front bezel Exits through the front bezel Exits through the rear Exits through the rear
PSU TFX Power 3 300W 80+ Bronze FSP 250W Flex ATX FSP 250W Flex ATX FSP 250W Flex ATX 2 x 500W (Redundant PSU) 2 x 550W (Redundant PSU) 2 x 600W (Redundant PSU)
Voltage 100-240V 100-240V 100-240V 100-240V 100-240V 100-240V 100-240V
Peripherals
  • 2 x RJ45 CAT6 3mtr cable
  • 1 x Power cable
  • 4 x RJ45 CAT6 3mtr cable
  • 1 x Power cable
  • 4 x RJ45 CAT6 3mtr cable
  • 1 x Power cable
  • 4 x RJ45 CAT6 3mtr cable
  • 1 x Power cable
  • 4 x RJ45 CAT6 3mtr cable
  • 2 x Power cable
  • 1 x RJ45 CAT6 3mtr cable
  • 2 x Power cable
  • 4 x RJ45 Cat 6 3m cables
  • 2 x Power Cables
  • 2 x 10Gb SFP+ Copper modules