Frankly, no, given your 200Mbps link (that may go up to 500)[1]. See the following for theoretical maximum throughput numbers.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Jesse Rink <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for the tips. Right now I am leaning towards a NSA 250M or the > NSA 2400. > > > > I checked the current firewall (Microsoft TMG) and it's showing 23,000 > active connections. There wouldn't be a need for content filtering or > anti-spam filtering, etc. as other services are used for that. > > > > Does either of those models sound in the right ballpark based on the > information I provided earlier? > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [[email protected]] > on behalf of Richard Stovall [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 13, 2013 1:00 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Sonic Wall model/sizing > > I use them, but my environment is much smaller. We're stuck in the NSA > 2XX range for cost reasons, but I wish I could jump up a notch or two for > performance. > > I think the key is what features you'll be using and what throughput the > firewall can manage when using them. IIRC, the big performance killers are > Intrusion Prevention, Gateway Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware and DPI-SSL. It > also helps to have your zones planned out well (and the security services > applied to each) when sizing because you can inadvertetnly have traffic > scanned multiple times as it enters and exits various zones. > > Also, make sure you have enough physical ports to accommodate the number > of zones you want. > > A fantastic reseller of SonicWall gear is sonicguard.com. They will > definitely help you size a solution without pushing you to something you > don't need. Oh, and their prices are great. Ping me offline and I'll send > you a direct e-mail contact. > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Jesse Rink <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Looking for real-world solution sizing for a Sonic Wall firewall. >> Site has about 1500-2500 devices/nodes and has a 200Mb internet pipe >> currently (which may increase up to 500Mb in the next 3 years). Rather >> than speak with Sonic Wall sales who will push me into some high-end >> device that is way beyond what I need, I'm looking to hear from anyone who >> uses Sonic Wall firewalls right now and what they might recommend for >> right-sizing. I don't need HA/failover on the firewall. Average >> 'active sessions' on our current firewall is about 1800, give or take... >> current firewall reports on average about 300 new connections/sec. >> >> >> >> I've worked with NSA 220s but not much else from Dell in my experience. >> >> >> >> JR >> > >
