This section describes how to choose the best hardware configuration based on our firewall requirements.
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
Before choosing a form factor, we first need to evaluate the different types of form factors:
- Small form: Energy-efficient, quiet (often silent), small footprint 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 environment may require server-class hardware.
Consider whether any of our requirements require special hardware. In our case, we need moderate throughput and aren't using any packages that require...
