How Much Hardware Would be Overkill?
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Say you have a setup where the max up/download on the WAN interface is 200Mbps.
On the LAN however you need 1Gb throughput to handle nearly 24x7 voice calls, Windows file transfers, streaming video @ up to 20Mbps per stream, gaming, etc. We're talking around 20 total connected hosts here with tasks varying across what I've described.
Your key requirements are performance (measured by throughput and availability) security and logging capabilities.
You don't necessarily need to store logs on the pfsense box itself. There is a NAS attached to a gigabit switch that will connect your LAN devices.
How much hardware is just ridiculous overkill for a setup like this from a core/CPU and RAM perspective?
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Funny question.
A Cray probably is overkill. YMMV. -
1. underperformed = nothing runs as expected
2. right performed = all is running at the time, but with no headroom
3. over performed = likes Nr. 2 but for a longer time and with much more headroom for future thingsHow much hardware is just ridiculous overkill for a setup like this from a core/CPU and RAM perspective?
How long you want to run the same box with sufficient power and speed?
What is your future plan to install (packets) or running or offering services?
200 MBit/s speed at the WAN port is not so heavy, but together with massively QoS, IDS, DPI or many VLANs
it can narrow down the entire box step by step and so I would more loving to have some power on top as for
future packets or services that comes also often on top.A SG-2440 or SG-4860 would be doing the job as I see it right
On the LAN however you need 1Gb throughput to handle nearly 24x7 voice calls, Windows file transfers, streaming video @ up to 20Mbps per stream, gaming, etc.
Then perhaps you shoudl think about a Cisco SG300 or D-Link DGS1510 Layer3 Switch that is
routing the entire LAN with wire speed, and the pfSense box must only do their job.We're talking around 20 total connected hosts here with tasks varying across what I've described.
20 device must not need to much power and 5 other device are using more then the first 20! That is something
you must answering and not we.
