Untangle NGFW is a software that can be installed on a standard Intel/AMD-compatible hardware, or can be delivered preinstalled on hardware appliances. Understanding the hardware requirements for Untangle NGFW is necessary to build/select the right server that can perform well without any latency or performance degradation.
In this section, we will cover the different available appliances provided by Untangle, Inc. We will also review the minimum and recommended hardware requirements to build your own Untangle NGFW box. Later, we will discuss the ability to install Untangle NGFW on VM. Finally, we will review the modules' effect on the CPU, RAM, and disk I/O, and how we can tweak them.