Hardware required for new installation

[Huisje]

Hi all,

We have this really old (bought in 2001) Check Point firewall (CPFW-FIG-25-NG ~ Description: FireWall-1 Internet Gateway for 25 IP address) which we want to upgrade as soon as possible.

I don't have much information about it, but the OS runs on:
SunOS firewall 5.7 Generic_106541-06 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2

and:
bash-2.03$ echo $FWDIR
/opt/CPfw1-41

Now, we have been paying for a Software Subscription license ever since we bought it, which, if I'm not mistaken means we are allowed to download and install/use the most recent software covered by that license. (Please correct me if I am wrong there.)

What I am wondering about though is what hardware I should purchase to run SPLAT on. Since it currently runs on that really old Sun machine, I'm thinking I won't need some ultra-performant system, but still, I would like some input there. Do I need a dual CPU system? A lot of hdd? How much RAM would be recommended?

Thanks,

Kevin

[Joncon]

Huisje,

If you have been paying Checkpoint software subscriptions on your firewall sw you are entitled to upgrade to the latest version for free.

When you talk about the hardware spec for SPLAT min recommended spec for NGX R61 is:-
P111 300 + MHz
4GB Disk
512 Mbytes RAM.

You should also consider what this machine is going to be used for and how much resilience you need (smartcenter mgmt server with distributed enforcement modules or a centralised "all in one machine" as this will obviously have an affect on the performance. Don't think you need ultra machine here. IMHO dual proc will be a bit overkill. But my philosophy is get the best machine you can afford (obviously without going crazy).