Juniper SRX Series SRX4100 vs Palo Alto PA Series PA-5050
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Juniper SRX4100 is a compact 1U datacenter firewall delivering high-density 10GbE connectivity and hardware-accelerated security processing. The Palo Alto Networks PA-5050 is a 2U datacenter firewall delivering 10 Gbps of firewall throughput, 5 Gbps of threat prevention throughput, and 4 Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput.
| Juniper SRX Series SRX4100 | Palo Alto PA Series PA-5050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Juniper | Palo Alto |
| Status | current | end-of-support |
| Released | Jun 2016 | Apr 2011 |
| Form factor | 1U rack | 2U rack |
| Ports | 8x fixed 10GbE SFP/SFP+ optical ports | — |
| Firewall throughput | 40 Gbps stateful firewall throughput | 10.0 Gbps App-ID firewall throughput |
| Vpn throughput | 10 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput | — |
| Ngfw throughput | 10 Gbps application security and IPS inspection throughput | — |
| Cooling and power | Dual redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies and reversible fans | — |
| Interfaces | — | 2x 10GbE SFP+, 8x 1GbE SFP, and 12x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports |
| Threat prevention | — | 5.0 Gbps threat prevention throughput |
| Ipsec vpn | — | 4.0 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput |
| Concurrent sessions | — | Supports up to 2 million concurrent sessions and 120,000 new sessions per second |
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