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    PFsense performence (vmware/4-8k mobile users with captive portal.)

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      ketil last edited by

      I'm having a hard time finding benchmarks and such, i'm not a google wiz, so i hope some one here might be able to tell me if i'm completely off base with the hardware specs.
      Would a esxi setup similar to this, be able to lift 4000-8000 concurrent users on a mobile device.

      Guest PFsense
      8 cores xeon
      16gb ram
      100gb
      2x1g nic's

      DHCP on lan side which would distribute a scope with around 8k address, captive portal with a simple checkmark and no authentication. It's all mobile phones, the clients "trickle" in over about 1 hour, so its not all 4/8k who joins at the same time, luckily.

      Per user usage is pretty low to be honest, about 100-150mb over 3 hour event on average with the current setup.

      Are we totally off base with what we can expect from a pf vm with those hardware specs?

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