On 18/05/07, Bryan Vyhmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Can anyone give any information about the Sun Netra X1 being used as a pf firewall. I am specifically looking for throughput information. I am considering using a pair for a theoretical maximum throughput of about 45 Mbps. Can the Netra X1 comfortably handle this with carp(4) and some pf firewalling. I know this is pretty generic but any comments? (In case you are wondering, I would run pfsync on a VLAN on the less used interface.) Thank you.
The X1 is great for firewall. Your limits to consider is not the transfer in Mbps, but always the PPS. That's where you will hit the wall if to high and that's not only with X1, but any servers. PPS is really the biggest problem here, unless you start talking multiple time 100Mb/sec.
