Fortinet FortiGate 500D vs Juniper SRX Series SRX1500
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Fortinet FortiGate 500D is a 1U enterprise security appliance providing 16 Gbps of firewall throughput and 14 Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput. The Juniper SRX1500 is a high-performance 1U next-generation firewall engineered for distributed enterprise campus perimeters and small datacenter edges.
| Fortinet FortiGate 500D | Juniper SRX Series SRX1500 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Fortinet | Juniper |
| Status | end-of-support | current |
| Released | Sep 2014 | Nov 2015 |
| Form factor | 1U rack | 1U rack |
| Interfaces | 8x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 and 8x 1GbE SFP optical ports | — |
| Firewall throughput | 16 Gbps stateful inspection throughput | 9 Gbps stateful firewall throughput |
| Vpn throughput | 14 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput | 4 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput |
| Threat protection | 1 Gbps threat protection throughput | — |
| Form factor | 1U rack chassis with internal redundant power supplies | — |
| Ports | — | 16x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45, 4x 10GbE SFP+, and 2x expansion slots |
| Ips throughput | — | 3 Gbps intrusion prevention system (IPS) inspection rate |
| Power supplies | — | Dual redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies |
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