Greetings!
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:40:13 +0000
Ivo Marques <ivo.marques@gmail.com> wrote:
I need to test one firewall solution where one of the requisites is a
throughput of 1Gb.
Be careful what exactly you are asking for - and for which applications.
While you can achieve Gbit/s throughput even on a PC plattforms (only
with 66MHz/64bit PCI or PCI-X bus andcards), performance is likely to
heavily cave in with VoIP traffic (lots and lots of small packets).
So what type of traffic are we talking about?
And what typo of network infrastructure are you using - 1Gbit/s ethernet
will probably not allow a throughput higher than 600Mbit/s due to packet
timing and collisions (unless you use special network equipment
surrounding the FW). You'd probably need 10Gbit/s network interfaces and
infrastructure for this level.
After read some specs, I think the Switched Firewall 6000 Series it's
a good choice, but I haven't find good information on the web.
Any parallellized FW will be a reasonable choice for high throughput,
let it be Alteon, StoneBeat, or Rainfinity - or alikes, even DIY
solutions with OpenBSD PF or LVS.
When I read this mailing list you talk about every other solution like
PIX, Nokia, NetScreen but it's rare talk about Alteon, what's the
problem with it?
It's rare - in comparison. While two-digit installations of "standard"
appliances (like Pix or NetScreen) within one company are relatively
common, I still wait to come across a similar rollout for such
high-performance systems.
See, only few people drive Ferrari because they have a business
requirement for its speed - thus only few will be found in DIY garages
and telling their latest repair-tale... ;-)
Could someone point me to Alteon stuff?
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/products/01/alteon/asf/
;-)
Bye
Volker
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