Topic: Hardware requirment

[yscheung]

Hello,

I want to setup a gateway/firewall using SME server 6.0.1-01 to replace existing linux firewall . I have more then 200 computers in the local network . What Hardware should i need to use ?  Pentium III/4 ? How many memory ??

thanks,
Jack.

[shanen]

Depending on what services you are using, the requirements vary.
If you are going to be using the spam and virus contribs then you would be best with a high end p3 or better a p4. Memory requirements will be at least 512meg ram.

Just read your post again... If you are only after a gateway using nat/proxy, then you may get a beter result using another product as SME offers so much more and may  be an overkill for you.

Shane

[yscheung]

Hi,

Thank you very much for the suggest, I want to delegate the mail to existing 2 email server ( I still don't know how to do it?) , also enable the spam & virus checking . I want to use squid as the proxy server . A P4 2.4A w/512MB ram is enough ?

[shanen]

That should do it. You can always add more ram later if you have to.