What are the system requirements for pfBlockerNG-devel?
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I am running pfsense on an HP T730:
- AMD RX-427BB with AMD Radeon(tm) R7 Graphics
- 4 GB RAM
- 16 GB disk
I can put up to 16 GB RAM and 128 GB storage in it.
I'm trying to figure out the system requirements for pfBlockerNG-devel so I know what to get.
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All technical aspects come on the second place. Considering your system : a firewall using 16GB is a monster.
The first requirement is : 'knowing what DNS is'" ;)
My opinion, of course.edit : some managed to run pfBlockerNG an a SG1100.
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@imthenachoman said in What are the system requirements for pfBlockerNG-devel?:
HP T730
I run it on the Hyper-V VM in my sig on a 14 year old host which is my main machine. Q6600/16GB with a couple other VM's too.
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@gertjan said in What are the system requirements for pfBlockerNG-devel?:
All technical aspects come on the second place. Considering your system : a firewall using 16GB is a monster.
The first requirement is : 'knowing what DNS is'" ;)
My opinion, of course.edit : some managed to run pfBlockerNG an a SG1100.
I know enough about DNS I think. I suppose for most folks the paradigm is to learn first and then do. That methodology does not work well for me. I am more of a try to do and learn along the way kind of person.
So my plan is to make sure my system has enough resources right now -- and then install pfBlockerNG and start learning. :)
@provels said in What are the system requirements for pfBlockerNG-devel?:
@imthenachoman said in What are the system requirements for pfBlockerNG-devel?:
HP T730
I run it on the Hyper-V VM in my sig on a 14 year old host which is my main machine. Q6600/16GB with a couple other VM's too.
How much RAM have you given the pfSense VM?
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@imthenachoman said in What are the system requirements for pfBlockerNG-devel?:
How much RAM have you given the pfSense VM?
Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 2.5 GB RAM (Fixed), 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)
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I have 8GB in my rig and sometimes pfblockerng passes this watermark and the system uses a lots of swap too. I'm sure the fresh released 3.1.0 has some memory issues in while processing the IP and DNSBLs. At this point the DNS resolver also dies a lot or refused to restart. Things getting more worse if you have a running squid witch clamav and they are updating tables and signatures at the same time. The normal memory usage of my pfsense beside of the update-processing-peaks is 20-25% (~2GB)
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@exordium said in What are the system requirements for pfBlockerNG-devel?:
I'm sure the fresh released 3.1.0 has some memory issues in while processing the IP and DNSBLs.
I'm using pfBlockerNG 3.1.0 myself, and :
You should enable 'some' feeds, and take in account the size of each list.
@exordium said in What are the system requirements for pfBlockerNG-devel?:
if you have a running squid witch clamav
As pfBlockerNG, these are known to consume all memory.
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@imthenachoman It really comes down to the user and their network, for example, I run 32GB RAM with dual 128GB SSD...why, I like to have a setup that can last a five-year plan to meet future upgrade; however, it's an over kill for sure...I don't care as the total investment is approx. $300.
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Thanks all. I am going to try it with what I have and then see how it goes.
