Dual-processor support for enforcement and management server (SmartCenter)

[pop_alex]

Dear all,

I'm planning to upgrade our firewall (enforcement + SmartCenter) to a better machine which has a dual-processor. Below are the detail of our present firewall :

Enforcement server, Check Point NG AI R55 HFA17, Product code : CPVP-VFM-U-NG (running on Solaris 9)

SmartCenter server, Check Point NG AI R55 HFA17, Product code : CPVP-VEE-U-NG (running on Windows XP Pro.)

I would like to upgrade the enforcement server with SUN V240 with dual-processor and the SmartCenter server with also a Dual-processor.

My question is does my current firewall supports dual processor on enforcement server as well as the SmartCenter server?

Thanks for your advice.

Regards,

Al

[sail4fun]

My experience is that if your enforement module just do FW no VPN , you
don't get any utilization on the second cpu , other than a greater possibility to "survive" an cpu failure (RAS) .

/Geir

[pop_alex]

Ic. By the way, my firewall is FW-1/VPN-1, not only 'plain' FW.

[Sergej]

Read here about multiprocessor server benefits:
Check Point VPN-1 & FireWall-1 NG Performance Tuning Guide:
http://www.checkpoint.com/techsuppor...rformance.html
But is it looks like this article is not updated a long time.