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Check Point firewall versions: All currently supported (R65-R77 as of this posting)

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<td><strong>Concurrent connections limit</strong></td>
<td><strong>Hash size (bytes)</strong></td>
<td><strong>Mem. Pool (MB)</strong></td>
<td><strong>Max. Mem. Pool (MB)</strong></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">0-21000</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">65536</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">6-8</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">24-33</td>
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<td style="text-align: center;">22000-43000</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">131072</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">8-17</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">35-68</td>
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<td style="text-align: center;">44000-87000</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">262144</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">17-34</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">70-139</td>
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<td style="text-align: center;">88000-174000</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">524288</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">35-69</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">140-278</td>
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<td style="text-align: center;">175000-349000</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">1048576</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">70-139</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">280-559</td>
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<td style="text-align: center;">350000-699000</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">2097152</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">140-279</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">560-1119</td>
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<td style="text-align: center;">700000-1398000</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">4194304</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">280-559</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">1121-2047</td>
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As an example, for a maximum concurrent connections limit of 725000, an automatic calculation of connections hash table size and memory pool would result in the following:

Connections hash table size: 4194304
Memory pool size: 290 MB
Maximum memory pool size: 1161 MB