Vault Pro VP2420-4 Port, Firewall Micro Appliance/Mini PC - Intel Celeron J6412, 2.5G Ports, DDR4 RAM, M.2 SSD Storage, AES-NI, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD

DO NOT BUY. I bought the Protectli VP2420 for 369GBP, the SATA Drives in these devices are defunct and the BIOS can't read them. They will point you to a guide telling you to short CMOS headers (open the machine up and use metal to connect to pins on the board) This solution still doesn't work! Bitterly disappointed, they're selling systems they themselves know are faulty and they've tried to just cover it up with a cheap hardware hack fix - which most people aren't comfortable performing, nor should they have too after spending 350+. Please please please save yourself the money and the wasted time and find an alternative like I now have to! There customer service doesn't seem to care either, even if you mail them they'll just say here's a guid open it up and stick some metal in their then ignore when that doesn't work. Dreadful

I went from a NUC that was running OPNsense (and constantly having issues) to this. It’s been a pure dream. It was easy to set up and get running and is now functioning as my firewall, couldn’t be happier. The Protectli documentation is really good. Love this thing!

At the beginning I thought it was good for home use, what I needed is cut some vlan for my home network, and with opnsense installed it get the job done. However after a year this I have found this CPU it can’t handle Zenarmor, every thing push the CPU 100%, which the results is long loading time for everything. For this price? It isn’t good enough, way over priced.

I've purchased several of these. They are more expensive than some cheap alternatives on Amazon. I have found their reliability and website/support resources to be better than those cheap alternatives as well. Each one I have purchased has worked for me, out of the box. I have several running pfSense, Roon Music Server (ROCK), NAS, etc. All have been working, as designed, for about 3 months as of this review.

Pro: Easy to work with, user-friendly setup and configuration Reliable performance for firewall and network security purposes Provides easy maintenance and internal upgrade options (ssd, ram etc) Con: Expensive compared to other similar options in the market Tends to get very hot during operation, (understand though the chasis was designed for passive cooling.) The Protectli Vault Pro VP2420-4 Port is an easy-to-work-with firewall micro appliance/mini PC that offers reliable performance for network security needs. It provides a user-friendly experience during setup and configuration, making it accessible for various users. However, it's important to note that the device comes with a higher price tag compared to other similar options available. Additionally, it tends to get very hot during operation.