Lock the RAM to prevent ESXi from swapping:
In the modern data center and cloud-native era, the phrase "hardware appliance" is becoming increasingly synonymous with "legacy infrastructure." Organizations are rapidly virtualizing their network functions to achieve agility, cost savings, and scalability. At the heart of this transformation lies a powerful combination: and Fortinet’s FortiGate Virtual Machine (VM) . vmware fortigate vm
| Model | vCPUs (Recommended) | Memory (Recommended) | Throughput (Firewall) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | 1 | 1 GB | Up to 500 Mbps | | FG-VM02 | 2 | 2 GB | Up to 1 Gbps | | FG-VM04 | 4 | 4 GB | Up to 2.5 Gbps | | FG-VM08 | 8 | 8 GB | Up to 5 Gbps | | FG-VM-ULTRA | 24+ | 24 GB+ | 10+ Gbps | Lock the RAM to prevent ESXi from swapping: