An organization requires a high performance firewall as part of an NSX deployment. What is the
minimum NSX Edge Services Gateway configuration that would be suitable for the organization’s
requirements?
A.
X-Large
B.
Quad-Large
C.
Large
D.
Compact
What is the minimum NSX Edge Services Gateway configuration that would be suitable for the organization’s requirements?
An organization requires a high performance firewall as part of an NSX deployment. What is the
minimum NSX Edge Services Gateway configuration that would be suitable for the organization’s
requirements?
B. Quad-Large
Yup, Quad-Large. Even though the maximums are the same, VMware recommends that for just a high performance firewall. If you wanted to do SSL offloading and load-balancing, you’d need an X-Large config.
The requirements are as follows
• Compact 1vCPU, 512MB RAM
• Large 2vCPU, 1024MB RAM
• Quad-Large 4vCPU, 4096MB RAM
• Extra-Large 6vCPU, 8192MB RAM
As a rule of thumb your mileage will vary based on application and workload that reside behind the edge. VMware has found that Quad-Large is good for a high level firewall whilst Extra-Large is suitable for Load-Balancing and SSL offload.