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RE: [FW1] Sizing Recommendations



I thought that the security server takes advantage of multiple processors.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> Scott Moore
> Sent: 05 July 2001 20:39
> To: 'Jason Badry'; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [FW1] Sizing Recommendations
>
>
>
>
> My understanding is FW1 does not take advantage of multiple processors.
> Thus putting it on an SMP box is moot.  Another FYI, I have heard the VPN
> accelerator cards may not be supported under Win2k.  I think they
> work under
> NT 4.
>
> Scott Moore, MCSE 2000/4.0, MCT, MCP+I, CCSA, CCA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> Jason Badry
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 11:54 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [FW1] Sizing Recommendations
>
>
>
> I currently have a small network with FW1 v4.1 on NT4 (25-user
> version).  We have used SecureRemote lightly (<5 users), and are
> looking at
> expanding to ~100-150 clients, I'd guess we'll have 50-75 concurrent
> connections (and an IKE VPN FW1-Borderware).  Right now I'm on a
> P3-550 IBM
> Netfinity w/128MB of ram, but I'm sure this will be far underpowered for
> many VPN clients.
>
> What kind of cpu/ram should I be looking for, and will multiple cpus
> help?  Other considerations are the VPN accelerator cards.  The traffic is
> client-server to a database, but is fairly light.  For example, we run 14
> users on a 56K line with no ill effects.
>
> Thanks,
>
> .. Jason Badry
>
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