fortinet FortiGate 400E vs paloalto PA Series PA-3250
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Fortinet FortiGate 400E is a 1U enterprise next-generation firewall delivering 32 Gbps of firewall throughput, 20 Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput, and 4.8 Gbps of threat protection throughput. The Palo Alto Networks PA-3250 is a 2U enterprise datacenter firewall delivering 7.0 Gbps of firewall throughput, 3.5 Gbps of threat prevention throughput, and 3.4 Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput.
| fortinet FortiGate 400E | paloalto PA Series PA-3250 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | fortinet | paloalto |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | May 2018 | Feb 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U rack | 2U rack |
| Interfaces | 16x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 and 2x 1GbE SFP ports | 8x 10GbE SFP+, 4x 1GbE SFP, and 12x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports |
| Firewall throughput | 32 Gbps stateful firewall throughput | 7.0 Gbps App-ID firewall throughput |
| Vpn throughput | 20 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput | — |
| Threat protection | 4.8 Gbps threat protection throughput | — |
| Processors | Fortinet NP6 network processor and CP9 content processor | — |
| Threat prevention | — | 3.5 Gbps threat prevention throughput |
| Ipsec vpn | — | 3.4 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput |
| Concurrent sessions | — | Supports up to 2 million concurrent sessions and 115,000 new sessions per second |
| Form factor | — | 2U rack enclosure with redundant fans and power modules |
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