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Juniper SRX Series SRX4100 vs Palo Alto PA Series PA-5060

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-5060 is a 2U high-capacity enterprise datacenter firewall delivering 20 Gbps of firewall throughput, 10 Gbps of threat prevention throughput, and 4 Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput.

Juniper SRX Series SRX4100Palo Alto PA Series PA-5060
BrandJuniperPalo Alto
Statuscurrentend-of-support
ReleasedJun 2016Apr 2011
Form factor1U rack2U rack
Ports8x fixed 10GbE SFP/SFP+ optical ports—
Firewall throughput40 Gbps stateful firewall throughput20.0 Gbps App-ID firewall throughput
Vpn throughput10 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput—
Ngfw throughput10 Gbps application security and IPS inspection throughput—
Cooling and powerDual redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies and reversible fans—
Interfaces—8x 10GbE SFP+, 4x 1GbE SFP, and 12x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports
Threat prevention—10.0 Gbps threat prevention throughput
Ipsec vpn—4.0 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput
Sessions—Supports up to 4 million concurrent sessions and 120,000 new sessions per second

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