Protectli V14 Series User Manual

This User Manual was designed for Protectli V14XX series Mini PCs. Including the typical
model V1410 which is a 2 port networks hard ware.
1. Application
The most important consideration for choosing your hardware is what application it will be
used for. The Protectli Vault can be used in a number of different applications.
Customers have deployed Vaults as Windows Clients, Linux Desktops and Servers,
Hypervisors, and of course firewalls.
Thinking about the requirements for your use case will help to narrow your choice when it
comes to picking your Vault.
Our recommendation: Simple client machines will work great on our smaller 2-port
Vaults, while you may want to consider a 4-port or 6-port for firewall or hypervisor
applications.
2. Ports
The number of ethernet ports you need depends on your application. Firewalls can be
configured on as little as a two physical ports, but for simplicity and throughput, consider
that you may want multiple physical ports to segment traffic for multiple networks (i.e. a
'secure' network, an 'IoT' network, a 'guest' network, etc).
For hypervisor applications, consider that a physical port can be 'passed through' to an
individual virtual machine so multiple virtual machines may need more physical ports.
The Vault is currently available in 2-Port, 4-Port, and 6-Port variations. In addition, some
models have 2.5G or 10G Ethernet ports.
Our recommendation: It is smart to think about future-proofing your Vault from the start,
so consider a model with more Ethernet ports and
3. Throughput Requirements
Every Vault's Ethernet ports are PCIe connected to the CPU and can run at linerate of
either 1 Gbps, 2.5 Gbps or 10 Gbps.
FIREWALL
As a firewall, every Vault has tested at full wire speed between ports using iperf as a
synthetic load. As such, for basic routing applications any Vault is capable of gigabit
User Manual For V1410 Mini PC V2024 1.0