How to choose a Firewall (Nokia) based on hardware?

[rcasta]

Hello,

Obviously this may not be the right forum to drop this question off. Nevertheless I couldn't find a more suitable one. Here is my question, does anyone know or could provide a general guidelines on how to know what hardware a Nokia box should need?

I know RAM, for instance, should be increased if NAT, or VPNs will run on that box. However, are there any pointers or parameters of which to determine what hardware is needed?

Thank you !.

 

[rn4it]

One thing is how many users will accessing the web? Do you have Web servers and if so how many connections do you expect. Are the VPN's site to site or client to site and how many. What is the size of your internet connection. We have IP530's for our enforcement modules, our internet connection is 10Mb, utilizing 2.5Mb. 15 Site to Site with approx 250 users scattered amongst them. We still have a fair bit of head room.