topic Re: New connections per second. in Firewall and Security Management https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/New-connections-per-second/m-p/15230#M1067 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Connection rate is most effected by the number of CPU cores&nbsp;configured to run secureXL.</P><P>Today it is recommend to us up to 6 cores for secureXL. Beyond that it becomes inefficient as locking mechanisms&nbsp;take their toll.</P><P></P><P>R80.20 is being developed to enable greater scalability and modularity in software, required&nbsp;to utilize the new acceleration cards and other technologies down the road. It will deliver a significant increase in connection rate for&nbsp;Security Gateway Appliances that have enough cores to&nbsp;benefit from this enhancement.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 03 Dec 2017 08:39:15 GMT Benny_Shlesinge 2017-12-03T08:39:15Z New connections per second. https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/New-connections-per-second/m-p/15227#M1064 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Why so different appliances, like the 5600 (950 SPUs) and the 15600 (3850 SPUs), have the same capacity in terms of&nbsp; "new connections per second" ?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:41:10 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/New-connections-per-second/m-p/15227#M1064 Marcos_Vieira2 2017-11-30T00:41:10Z Re: New connections per second. https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/New-connections-per-second/m-p/15228#M1065 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I've always interpreted some of those specifications as minimal values the hardware is capable of, not ultimate capacities or maximums.</P><P></P><P>--<BR /> My Book "Max Power: Check Point Firewall Performance Optimization" <BR /> Second Edition Coming Soon</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:05:54 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/New-connections-per-second/m-p/15228#M1065 Timothy_Hall 2017-11-30T13:05:54Z Re: New connections per second. https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/New-connections-per-second/m-p/15229#M1066 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I don´t think so. To me it is the maximum possible. </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 30 Nov 2017 19:06:03 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/New-connections-per-second/m-p/15229#M1066 Marcos_Vieira2 2017-11-30T19:06:03Z Re: New connections per second. https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/New-connections-per-second/m-p/15230#M1067 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Connection rate is most effected by the number of CPU cores&nbsp;configured to run secureXL.</P><P>Today it is recommend to us up to 6 cores for secureXL. Beyond that it becomes inefficient as locking mechanisms&nbsp;take their toll.</P><P></P><P>R80.20 is being developed to enable greater scalability and modularity in software, required&nbsp;to utilize the new acceleration cards and other technologies down the road. It will deliver a significant increase in connection rate for&nbsp;Security Gateway Appliances that have enough cores to&nbsp;benefit from this enhancement.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 03 Dec 2017 08:39:15 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/New-connections-per-second/m-p/15230#M1067 Benny_Shlesinge 2017-12-03T08:39:15Z