fortinet FortiGate 3600E vs paloalto PA Series PA-5440
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Fortinet FortiGate 3600E is a 3U high-performance datacenter next-generation firewall delivering 160 Gbps of firewall throughput, 90 Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput, and 14 Gbps of threat protection throughput. The Palo Alto Networks PA-5440 is the premier fixed 2U datacenter firewall in the PA-5400 Series, delivering 115 Gbps of firewall throughput, 65 Gbps of threat prevention throughput, and 56 Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput.
| fortinet FortiGate 3600E | paloalto PA Series PA-5440 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | fortinet | paloalto |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Sep 2018 | Nov 2022 |
| Form factor | 3U rack | 2U rack |
| Interfaces | 6x 40G/100G QSFP28, 30x 10G/25G SFP28, and 2x Gigabit Ethernet ports | 4x 40G/100G QSFP28, 16x 10G/25G SFP28, and 2x Gigabit copper ports |
| Firewall throughput | 160 Gbps stateful firewall throughput | 115.0 Gbps App-ID firewall throughput |
| Vpn throughput | 90 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput | — |
| Threat protection | 14 Gbps threat protection throughput | — |
| Concurrent sessions | Supports up to 100 million concurrent sessions and 1 million new sessions per second | Supports up to 20 million concurrent sessions and 650,000 new sessions per second |
| Threat prevention | — | 65.0 Gbps threat prevention throughput |
| Ipsec vpn | — | 56.0 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput |
| Power supplies | — | Dual redundant hot-swappable high-efficiency AC or DC power modules |
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