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    PfSense as a VMware VM and 10Gbps / 20Gbps

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      unsichtbarre
      last edited by

      In light of the options out there (Firewall Appliance on VMware), I am considering recommending pfSense as a VM running on VMware vSphere 6.0.

      How will pfSense handle greater than 1Gbps as a VM?

      Thanks,
      -J

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        Taiidan
        last edited by

        If you use server grade network interface chips/cards that support SR-IOV and your CPU/Mobo supports IOMMU then you can have almost (like 95%) native performance.

        Without knowing your specs I don't know if it will work, but you could definitely do it with a fast CPU.

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