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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Ah, OK well you should be fine with the XG-7100 for (30 x 9) 270Mbps IPSec as long as the route conditions allow it.

      The only other thing to note there is that pfSense does not include a mail filter/proxy so it's not possible to block spam/malware in email in the firewall.

      Steve

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        froussy
        last edited by froussy

        Should be fine for a while with what I mention I want to do (300-500mbits, ipsec, ips..) ?

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Yes, I would not expect any issues at <500Mbps.

          Steve

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            froussy
            last edited by

            Ok for the XG-7100.. should I have store or memory ?

            What will be the advantage of doing so ?

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              If you're planing to use Squid for wen caching and Snort as IDS the additional RAM and storage would eliminate any concerns. Both can use a lot. Snort in particular can use a lot of RAM.
              It's certainly possible to run both in the default config though. You would just have to watch the RAM use and tune it if it gets too high.

              Steve

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                froussy
                last edited by

                So to be save, 24gb ram and 256gb m2 ?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  An XG-7100 with that specification will no problem at 500Mbps running with Snort.

                  Re-reading this though I see you have stated:

                  In a normal day, I have around 3000 sessions

                  What exactly do you mean by that? 3000 connections? 3000 clients?

                  Thousands of clients behind Squid can be an issue.

                  Steve

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                    froussy
                    last edited by

                    no. there is about 50 client behind the firewall (at the main office) and about 10-15 externally connecting by vpn/ipsec

                    By sessions, i mean: (from my fortigate)
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                    I wont run squid.. but just snort (dhcp,dns etc etc)

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Ah, that should be no problem, with or without Squid.

                      Steve

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                        froussy
                        last edited by

                        Thanks a lot!

                        just placed an order for:
                        XG-7100 1U pfSense® Security Gateway Appliance
                        Crucial 16GB DDR4 SODIMM Additional Memory = 24GB Total
                        256GB M.2 SATA SSD

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                          raboud @froussy
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                          @froussy What Crucial memory did you buy and how did it work out? Did you get the SATA ssd from crucial also?

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