topic Open Server sizing in Firewall and Security Management https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Open-Server-sizing/m-p/147243#M23491 <P>Hi, All</P><P>I'd like to know how can I sizing or estimate the performance metrics (maximum throughput, maximum concurrent sessions, and so on) using a Open Server? Ex: I'll use a Dell Server with Gaia 80.40, and I'd like to estimate what is the best performance that I can achieve with them.&nbsp;</P><P>With best regards.&nbsp;</P><P>Valter Junior</P> Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:18:44 GMT valterj 2022-04-27T19:18:44Z Open Server sizing https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Open-Server-sizing/m-p/147243#M23491 <P>Hi, All</P><P>I'd like to know how can I sizing or estimate the performance metrics (maximum throughput, maximum concurrent sessions, and so on) using a Open Server? Ex: I'll use a Dell Server with Gaia 80.40, and I'd like to estimate what is the best performance that I can achieve with them.&nbsp;</P><P>With best regards.&nbsp;</P><P>Valter Junior</P> Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:18:44 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Open-Server-sizing/m-p/147243#M23491 valterj 2022-04-27T19:18:44Z Re: Open Server sizing https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Open-Server-sizing/m-p/147258#M23500 <P>You would need to compare the hardware specifications to the datasheet of a Check Point appliance, where we publish the number of CPU cores and RAM.&nbsp;</P> <P>Unless using VMware the hardware must also meet our HCL to be supported.</P> <P>If this is an existing deployment please review the trends of your monitoring metrics and extrapolate those.</P> Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:00:57 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Open-Server-sizing/m-p/147258#M23500 Chris_Atkinson 2022-04-27T23:00:57Z Re: Open Server sizing https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Open-Server-sizing/m-p/147261#M23502 <P>I would say have at least 16 GB of ram and 500 GB hdd. Also, not a bad idea to have 4 cpu's min either.</P> Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:28:54 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Open-Server-sizing/m-p/147261#M23502 the_rock 2022-04-27T23:28:54Z