This all depends on what your needs are.
Some of the factors would be:
1. Load
2. Functinallity
3. Management
4. Support
I've used both Intel servers and Nokia IP 3xx,4xx appliances and would
certainly recommend going for Intel with the SecurePlatform option, unless you
have advanced requirements that appliances like Nokia supports.
An Intel box with SecurePlatform on can be rebuild on new hardware in 30 min,
and is extremly cheap to purchase and run.
The nokia platform I found hard to work with, especially when it comes to
updating OS etc, although that might have been improved in the last 2 years.
Regards,
Thomas
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From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 [mailto:FW-1-MAILINGLIST AT
AMADEUS.US.CHECKPOINT DOT COM] On Behalf Of Emily Conrad
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 10:18 PM
To: FW-1-MAILINGLIST AT AMADEUS.US.CHECKPOINT DOT COM
Subject: [FW-1] Intel vs. special purpose FW-1 servers
Hello,
We are working on a project to upgrade our firewall infrastructure.
One of the questions is whether to use FW-1 on a standard Intel server or to
use a special-purpose optimized version of FW-1 on a dedicated hardware
platform such as Nokia firewall appliance or Crossbeam systems C30/X40.
Does anyone have any advice on what factors are important when making such a
decision?
Thanks,
Emily
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