Choosing a Form Factor
This recipe describes how to choose the best hardware configuration based on our firewall requirements.
Getting ready
It’s easiest to choose a form factor if we’ve already decided on the rest of our prerequisites:
- Deployment scenario
- Throughput requirements
- Interface requirements
- Image platform
How to do it…
Evaluate the different types of form factors:
- Small form: Energy-efficient, quiet (often silent), small foot print form factor.
- Desktop: Standard desktop hardware. Easily upgradable and most people will have an older machine lying around that’s perfectly suited for running pfSense.
- Server: Larger or more complex environments may require server class hardware.
Consider if any of our requirements require special hardware. In our case, ...
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