fortinet FortiGate 2000E vs paloalto PA Series PA-5250
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Fortinet FortiGate 2000E is a 2U enterprise datacenter firewall delivering 90 Gbps of firewall throughput, 68 Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput, and 5.4 Gbps of threat protection throughput. The Palo Alto Networks PA-5250 is a 3U datacenter next-generation firewall delivering 38 Gbps of firewall throughput, 19 Gbps of threat prevention throughput, and 16 Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput.
| fortinet FortiGate 2000E | paloalto PA Series PA-5250 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | fortinet | paloalto |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Nov 2016 | Feb 2017 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 3U rack |
| Interfaces | 4x 10GbE SFP+, 16x 1GbE SFP, and 18x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports | 4x 40G/100G QSFP28, 16x 10GbE SFP+, and 4x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports |
| Firewall throughput | 90 Gbps stateful firewall throughput | 38.0 Gbps App-ID firewall throughput |
| Vpn throughput | 68 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput | — |
| Threat protection | 5.4 Gbps threat protection throughput | — |
| Processors | Multiple Fortinet NP6 network processors and CP9 content processors | — |
| Threat prevention | — | 19.0 Gbps threat prevention throughput |
| Ipsec vpn | — | 16.0 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput |
| Concurrent sessions | — | Supports up to 8 million concurrent sessions and 295,000 new sessions per second |
| Cooling and power | — | Dual hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies and hot-swappable fan trays |
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