juniper SRX Series SRX340 vs paloalto PA Series PA-500
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Juniper SRX340 is a 1U fixed-rack next-generation enterprise firewall built for mid-sized branch offices and regional campus sites. The Palo Alto Networks PA-500 is a classic 1U rack-mount enterprise next-generation firewall that introduced dedicated control plane and data plane processing to corporate branch perimeters.
| juniper SRX Series SRX340 | paloalto PA Series PA-500 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | juniper | paloalto |
| Status | current | end-of-support |
| Released | Mar 2016 | Apr 2008 |
| Form factor | 1U rack | 1U rack |
| Ports | 16x Gigabit Ethernet ports (8x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 and 8x 1GbE SFP) | — |
| Expansion slots | 4x Mini-PIM slots for WAN, cellular, and serial interface cards | — |
| Firewall throughput | 3 Gbps stateful firewall throughput | 250 Mbps App-ID firewall throughput |
| Vpn throughput | 600 Mbps IPsec VPN throughput | — |
| Form factor | 1U rack-mounted chassis with internal power supply | 1U rack enclosure with internal power supply |
| Interfaces | — | 8x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 traffic ports and 1x dedicated management port |
| Threat prevention | — | 100 Mbps threat prevention throughput |
| Ipsec vpn | — | 50 Mbps IPsec VPN throughput |
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