Minimum requirements for 400 Users

[tharinduudaya]

Hi,

For a Lan, I'm considering running pfSense separately on a server. I'm expecting around a total of 350 + devices and planning to use Suricata and pfblockerNG and 2 isp links and a Point-to-Point Link

I would like to know, How many RAM and CPU cores need to manage 350+ users.

[Patch]

@tharinduudaya said in Minimum requirements for 400 Users:

350 + devices

What WAN speed? Routing requirements are going to depend on what the users / devices are actually doing

[tharinduudaya]

@patch 100mbps speed links, just basic routing, users to the internet, and the P2P routing. users are normal users they used the internet for browsing and email

[Cool_Corona]

@tharinduudaya An Atom based box will suffice.

[tharinduudaya]

@cool_corona what about RAM capacity?? CPU Cores?

[Cool_Corona]

@tharinduudaya 4 cores and 16Gb ram

[tharinduudaya]

@cool_corona Thankyou appreciate it :)))

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@tharinduudaya said in Minimum requirements for 400 Users:

and the P2P routing

Is this peer to peer routing between LANs at higher speed than the WAN bandwidth?

[tharinduudaya]

@patch no less than WAN bandwidth

[stephenw10]

So.... a VPN over one of the WANs?

[tharinduudaya]

@stephenw10 no separate link (dedicated VPN link)

[stephenw10]

And that's also 100Mbps? And the VPN is terminated in pfSense or is there some external VPN hardware?

[tharinduudaya]

@stephenw10 no less than 100mbps I think, yes VPN is terminated in pfsense

[stephenw10]

The VPN encryption/decryption is probably going to be the biggest CPU load.

As long as it's 100Mbps or less and the Atom you choose is something recent, like C3000, you should be OK.

Steve

[tharinduudaya]

@stephenw10 Thanks steve appreciate it :)