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Untangle Network Security

By : Abd El Monem A Mohamed El Bawab
Book Image

Untangle Network Security

By: Abd El Monem A Mohamed El Bawab

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Untangle Network Security
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Understanding the hardware requirements of Untangle NGFW


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.

Untangle NGFW appliances

Untangle NGFW appliances come in many classes based on the expected number of users and workloads. Buying an Untangle NGFW appliance removes the headache of choosing the right hardware to be used in building your Untangle NGFW server...