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Originally Posted by chuachongchee  If you need such throughput/interfaces, why arent you looking at firewall appliances? |
Commodity hardware is cheaper, considering existing service contracts and our partnerships with certain vendors. I didn't look too closely at this option, though.
When running CheckPoint, aren't these "appliances" just custom-built boxes?
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| Originally Posted by mcnallym Check out the Pro1000 MT cards as they are also on the list. |
It was actually the MT cards that were reported to have all the problems. We ended up going with Pro1000 PT cards.
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| Originally Posted by mcnallym Personally if it's not on the Hardware List then I wouldn't go near it. |
Partially on your recommendation, but mostly based on the hellish deals Dell was offering, we ended up switching to a much more powerful pair of Dell 2950's. Hopefully VPN-1 Power/Splat Pro can truly take advantage of multiple cores like they claim.