[fw-wiz] RE: Firewall Utilization

From: Zill, Greg (Greg.Zill@owh.com)
Date: 10/16/02 

From: "Zill, Greg" <Greg.Zill@owh.com>
To: <firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com>
Date: Wed Oct 16 12:02:01 2002

Sun e250 with Solaris 2.7
Raptor 6.5.3sp1
dual 368 CPU, 512 RAM, 1024 swap, 18Gb SCSI
two bonded t-1 lines

uptime common: 0.05 0.05 0.05

Enterprise VPN network is my concern, and boy am I glad I have the RAM
(minimal) and the dual cpu's
Actually have four of these machines. uptimes vary somewhat, mostly at
the NOCs that run either authoritative DNS with a udp-gsp handling that,
and web service networks with some volume.

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Joe Keegan wrote:

> I was curious if anyone would be willing to share the average
> utilization (CPU/Mem) of their firewalls and the average amount of
> traffic they deal with.
>
> After working with a few different companies firewalls, I have found
> that most are under utilized and often less expensive models could of
> sufficed. If you are not willing to share your utilization details,
> could you comment on your general experience with firewall
utilization.
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Joe Keegan - joe@jjk3.com - (408)242-4588
> SANS GSEC & GCFW, CCSE, CCNA, CCDA, Sun Certified

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