Hardware requirement

[phoenixsecure]

Hi,

is there any hardware requirement paper for CheckPoint on a Sun? I want to know what kind of machine I need for a specific configuration.

I am running CheckPoint R60 on a Sun with 4 gigs interface, what kind of machine do I need (cpus, memory etc). I think I remember Sun saying that you need 1 CPU per gig interface.

Also I am running CheckPoint R60 on a sun with 4 quad fastethernet (total of 16 physical interface) and also 16 virtual interface (for a big total of 32 interfaces). What kind of machine should I get.

Thanks.

[Tan Da Boss]

Hi,

I'm also interested by any hardware requirements.
On Check Point website, the provided requirements are very "light".
http://www.checkpoint.com/ngx/upgrad...ments/r62.html

Does anyone has some more realistic requirements?
What kind of configuration do you use for which environment?

Thanks

Tan

[chillyjim]

Originally Posted by phoenixsecure

Hi,

is there any hardware requirement paper for CheckPoint on a Sun? I want to know what kind of machine I need for a specific configuration.

I am running CheckPoint R60 on a Sun with 4 gigs interface, what kind of machine do I need (cpus, memory etc). I think I remember Sun saying that you need 1 CPU per gig interface.

I think that's a dated recommendation as Check Point can push >10Gbps on 4 Intel cores

Also I am running CheckPoint R60 on a sun with 4 quad fastethernet (total of 16 physical interface) and also 16 virtual interface (for a big total of 32 interfaces). What kind of machine should I get.

Thanks.

Number of interfaces isn't the real issue, its the bandwidth being used, the traffic mix and what defenses you are looking to use. SMDF is the big performance killer, epically with small-packet (HTTP) traffic.

If you describe what your traffic requirements are we can give you better direction. In general though, by the time you hit 4 CPUs/Cores you are not going to be processor bound. Also you want at least 1GB RAM/CPU-Core so the CPU/Core is keep fed.