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    Minimum Hardware Requirements?

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      josephchrzempiec
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      hello, What is the bare Minimum Hardware Requirement for Pfsense to work if I'm only having one server on it nothing else?

      Joseph

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        NollipfSense @josephchrzempiec
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        @josephchrzempiec This should help you:
        https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/index.html

        pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
        pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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          josephchrzempiec @NollipfSense
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          @nollipfsense

          hello, Thank you very much. I did not see that page before.

          Specs says:
          64-bit amd64 (x86-64) compatible CPU
          1GB or more RAM
          8 GB or larger disk drive (SSD, HDD, etc).

          Perfect.

          Joseph

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Yeah it will run in less than that if needed. 512MB RAM and 4GB drive is probably the least I would attempt. You would be very restricted in terms of running packages in that though.

            Steve

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              josephchrzempiec @stephenw10
              last edited by

              @stephenw10 Thank you very much for the help and information.

              Joseph

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                bingo600 @josephchrzempiec
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                @josephchrzempiec
                I think some important info is missing.

                1:
                Make sure the netcards are supported

                2:
                Get Intel netcards if possible (best support)

                /Bingo

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                  josephchrzempiec @bingo600
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                  @bingo600 Hello, You are correct, I do have capatable equipment. I'm Just trying to see what was the Minimum hardware for cpu, memory and hard drive space. But network cards are important as well.

                  Joseph

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