Supported hardware platforms

The Zorp application-level gateway is based on a 64-bit operating system, supporting the x86-64 (amd64) platform.
Sizing application-level gateways based on throughput estimations is not an exact science, because there are several configuration settings that considerable increase the performance requirements. The following few real-life examples help give you a general estimate on the hardware requirements of Zorp. Naturally, you can count on our partners in helping you to select a configuration for your needs.

1. Small enterprise

Number of employees using the Internet: 30

Office: one

Bandwith: 5 Mbit/sec

Application-level inspection and virus filtering in: HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP

Hardware: Intel(R) P4 Celeron(TM) CPU 1200MHz, 512 MByte RAM

Load: 30% average, using 200 threads

2. Medium enterprise with several facilities

Number of employees using the Internet: 200

Office: about 20 remote facilities that are connected to the headquarters using VPN

Bandwith: 8 Mbit/sec

Application-level inspection and virus filtering in: HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP

Hardware: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4400 @ 2.00GHz, 2GByte RAM

Load: 25% on the average using 400 parallel Zorp threads and 100 parallel ZCV threads

3. Media company

Number of employees using the Internet: 300-400

Office: one with a high-traffic webserver and video streaming services

Bandwith: 30 Mbit/sec

Application-level inspection and virus filtering in: HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP

Hardware: 1 Intel(R) P4 Xeon(TM) CPU 3.80GHz, 2GByte RAM for Zorp and 1 Intel(R) P4 Xeon(TM) CPU 3.80GHz, 2GByte RAM running ZCV.

Load: 30% on the average using 400 parallel Zorp threads, 50% on the average using 100 parallel ZCV threads on the second hardware