fortinet FortiGate 4200F vs paloalto PA Series PA-5450
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Fortinet FortiGate 4200F is a 3U hyperscale datacenter next-generation firewall powered by multiple custom 7th-generation NP7 network processing ASICs. The Palo Alto Networks PA-5450 is a 5U modular chassis next-generation firewall designed for hyperscale datacenters, cloud providers, and telecom 5G cores.
| fortinet FortiGate 4200F | paloalto PA Series PA-5450 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | fortinet | paloalto |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jul 2020 | Jun 2021 |
| Form factor | 3U rack | 5U modular chassis |
| Interfaces | 4x 40G/100G QSFP28, 24x 10G/25G SFP28, and 4x Gigabit Ethernet ports | — |
| Firewall throughput | 800 Gbps stateful firewall throughput | Up to 200 Gbps App-ID firewall throughput |
| Vpn throughput | 260 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput | — |
| Threat protection | 45 Gbps threat protection throughput | — |
| Processors | Multiple Fortinet NP7 network processors and CP9 content processors | — |
| Power supplies | Quad redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies | — |
| Form factor | — | 5U modular chassis with front-to-back high-volume cooling |
| Threat prevention | — | Up to 120 Gbps threat prevention throughput |
| Ipsec vpn | — | Up to 100 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput |
| Modular cards | — | Accommodates up to 5 Data Processing Cards (DPCs) and 2 Networking Cards (NCs) |
| High availability | — | N+1 power supply redundancy, hot-swappable fan trays, and redundant management cards |
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