>Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:35:39 -0800
>From: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [pfSense Support] Is your embedded pfsense stable?
>
>1.2.3-RC3, nanobsd on a Netgate Alix board with 256 MB RAM and a 8GB CF card.
>The firmware and all have been>updated.>
>
>Have been playing around with this box as a firewall for the last couple of
>weeks. Then I did the unthinkable>and ventured out of my comfort shell.
>Installed DNS Blacklist, Snort and Backup. Well, I can report that>Backup runs
>without problems. Initially DNS Blacklist ran but then I installed the dreaded
>pig... Snort.
>
>I had to try a few times for the install to take. Then Snort ran and I got
>even bolder. I turned on a bunch>of rules without knowing what they actually
>did. And that did me in. Keeping my eye on the RAM - I reached>84% and then it
>happened. As Snort rules get exercised, memory usage skyrockets and froze my
>little Alix>box.
>
>So, my question really is how far can these little machines be pushed?
>
>Mehma
you said it yourself, Snort is a pig. it takes a decent amount of RAM to run it
effectively. i wouldnt run it with anything less than a gig of ram even on a
dedicated system as it can consume it pretty fast.
the Alix board should be more than enough for any of the other plugins or
services you put on there, Squid might be an exception depending on how you
configure it.
-Sean
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