fortinet FortiGate 600E vs paloalto PA Series PA-3260
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Fortinet FortiGate 600E is a 1U enterprise next-generation firewall delivering 36 Gbps of firewall throughput, 20 Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput, and 7 Gbps of threat protection throughput. The Palo Alto Networks PA-3260 is a 2U enterprise datacenter firewall delivering four 40GbE QSFP+ ports, four 10GbE SFP+ ports, and twelve Gigabit copper interfaces.
| fortinet FortiGate 600E | paloalto PA Series PA-3260 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | fortinet | paloalto |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | May 2018 | Feb 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U rack | 2U rack |
| Interfaces | 2x 10GbE SFP+, 8x 1GbE SFP, and 10x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports | 4x 40GbE QSFP+, 4x 10GbE SFP+, and 12x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports |
| Firewall throughput | 36 Gbps stateful firewall throughput | 9.5 Gbps App-ID firewall throughput |
| Vpn throughput | 20 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput | — |
| Threat protection | 7 Gbps threat protection throughput | — |
| Processors | Fortinet NP6 network processor and CP9 content processor | — |
| Threat prevention | — | 4.8 Gbps threat prevention throughput |
| Ipsec vpn | — | 4.2 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput |
| Concurrent sessions | — | Supports up to 3 million concurrent sessions and 160,000 new sessions per second |
| Power | — | Dual redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies |
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