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Netgate Tech Tip of the Month:
TNSR Customers: IT Pros Share Their VPP Journey
Last year we hosted a webinar for The Linux Foundation where we featured three speakers that shared how they became interested in harnessing FD.io’s Vector Packet Processing (VPP) technology.
In this webinar, each network operator walked us through their challenges, requirements, options they considered, and the results they achieved using TNSR software with VPP. Their stories, networking environments, and use-cases are unique and really interesting. Check out some of the highlights in this blog!
The need for router speeds will only increase. But fixed-configuration, proprietary, hardware-centric edge networking solutions are a thing of the past. The modern world will be connected with high-performance network function virtualized (NFV) software routers at the edge and in the core. TNSR software provides 5, 10, 25, 50, even 100 Gbps, or more routing via "ASIC-speed" software on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware.
The Netgate Software Academy contains a large library of instructional videos to help you with pfSense Plus and TNSR software use. This video in our TNSR Software Education Series provides a high-level overview of TNSR’s software stack, showing where each open-source project fits. Finally, it touches on the contributions Netgate provides back to open-source software.
In case you missed our blog or press release, on March 8, 2022 we announced that the Netgate 4100 Secure Networking Appliance with pfSense Plus software was available for pre-order. Shipping began on March 17, 2022.
At its core, the Netgate 4100 has a 1.8 GHz Dual Core Intel® Atom® CPU with integrated QuickAssist Technology and AES-NI, 4GB DDR4 RAM, and 16GB of eMMC flash storage (Base configuration) or 128GB NVMe M.2 SSD (Max configuration). As previously mentioned, the network port complex includes two (2) 1Gbps Combo ports and four (4) x 2.5 Gbps RJ45 ports.
Tested with pfSense Plus Release 22.01, and benchmarked with iPerf3 traffic, the Netgate 4100 achieves 8.15 Gbps L3 routing, 4.09 Gbps firewall performance, 3.42 Gbps NAT handling, or 0.96 Gbps of AES-GCM IPsec VPN throughput - excellent for a versatile deployment, sub-$600 USD solution.
Shortly after the release of the Netgate 4100 Base, we began shipping the Netgate 4100 MAX with pfSense Plus software. With 128 GB Storage of optional NVMe storage added, it makes this the perfect option when more storage is required.
Netgate is the only official producer of appliances that are designed, tested, commercially-packaged, supported, and pre-loaded with pfSense Plus software. Netgate appliances are available directly from Netgate, or from our partners around the world.
We have a new video available on how to save money with pfSense Plus software in the Cloud. It highlights using pfSense Plus on Microsoft Azure, but similar benefits are available with Amazon AWS or on Netgate appliances. The video is available on YouTube for viewing.
As the primary developer, sponsor, and official host of the pfSense project, Netgate offers the only authorized training and certification on pfSense Plus software. When you need to maintain or improve the security skills of your staff or offer highly specialized support to improve your customer satisfaction, Netgate is your best choice.
Edge Security is an ever-evolving market space. Hardware and software technologies race forward. Businesses, educational institutions, government agencies, and service providers are migrating IT infrastructure from on-premises to public or private clouds. Channel preferences change. Solution providers leverage others’ core competencies.
We're proud at Netgate to have value-add relationships with leading technology, channel, and solution partners.
Visit our partner page for more information, to find the partner closest to you, or to become a partner click here. We also have a new Partner Playbook available to Partners only.
Netgate Tech Tip of the Month:
Mission Critical Deployments
In some cases, Netgate appliances with pfSense Plus software might be running in a "mission critical" deployment, meaning if the system goes down, it could cause a significant loss of revenue or production.
In these critical deployments, we recommend either a "hot spare" or a "cold spare" be available onsite in case of disaster.
A hot spare is a secondary system running alongside the primary system. These systems are configured in a "High Availability" arrangement, so if the primary system fails, the secondary system automatically takes over and there is no loss of connectivity or security. Our extensive online documentation is available to help you through a High Availability deployment, and many other challenges.
A cold spare is a second system, pre-configured and ready to go, but powered off. A cold spare has the advantage of being available for multiple primary systems. A disadvantage is that someone will have to manually replace the failed system and make last minute configurations. This will result in some amount of downtime.
In either scenario, the primary and secondary systems should be matched (identical models, amount of RAM, etc.). In addition, updates and periodic tests should be run to ensure the systems are working as expected. The time to discover flaws in your disaster recovery plan is not during a disaster.
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