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Question about 6600 fw replacement

the_rock — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:48:02 GMT

Hey guys,

Hope someone might be able to give me an idea/suggestion on this. I know customer already reached out to their SE about it, but since I had been working with them for many years now, they also called me to get my opinion.

They want to replace their existing 6600 fw cluster with something little bit more powerful, since company has grown in the last few years and they were asking what would be best suitable replacement. I know 9000 series fws are pretty good, but not sure if that might be bit more than what they need.

Or as always, I suppose probably best to run cpsizeme and check? I know they wanted to see if there is something with at least base 32 GB of ram, as well as 500 GB hdd to start.

I looked at 9300 specs and shows 480 HDD ssd, which is awesome, and plus model has 32 GB of ram, but if anyone has any other suggestions, happy to hear them.

Tx as always!

Happy weekend 🙂

Andy

Re: Question about 6600 fw replacement

Tal_Paz-Fridman — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:26:58 GMT

Indeed, the Support Life Cycle Policy suggests the replacement for 6600 is 9300:

https://www.checkpoint.com/support-services/support-life-cycle-policy/#appliances-support

Re: Question about 6600 fw replacement

the_rock — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:29:00 GMT

Thanks Tal! You are always super helpful my friend.

Toda lech...hope I said that correctly.

Andy

Re: Question about 6600 fw replacement

Tal_Paz-Fridman — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:24:03 GMT

Hi Andy ... very well said!

Re: Question about 6600 fw replacement

the_rock — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:36:07 GMT

I learned many things from my world travels, but if there is one that I always found super important is to learn even few words of the language spoken in a country you visit. It truly shows RESPECT and makes people appreciate you more.

Andy