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juniper SRX Series SRX5400 vs paloalto PA Series PA-7050

Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Juniper SRX5400 is a 5U modular carrier-grade security services gateway designed for large enterprise datacenters, cloud providers, and telecommunications cores. The Palo Alto Networks PA-7050 is an 8-slot 16U modular carrier-grade next-generation firewall chassis delivering up to 400 Gbps of firewall throughput and 200 Gbps of threat prevention throughput.

juniper SRX Series SRX5400paloalto PA Series PA-7050
Brandjuniperpaloalto
Statuscurrentcurrent
ReleasedSep 2010Feb 2014
Form factor5U modular chassismodular chassis
Slots4 modular payload slots for SPC processing cards and IOC interface cards8 slots (up to 6 Network Processing Cards, 1 Switch Management Card, 1 Log Processing Card)
Form factor5U modular rack enclosure with front-to-back airflow16U modular chassis with front-to-back high-output cooling
Firewall throughputUp to 480 Gbps stateful firewall throughput with SPC3 cardsUp to 400 Gbps App-ID firewall throughput
Vpn throughputUp to 100 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput—
High availabilityRedundant switch fabrics, redundant routing engines, and hot-swappable power supplies—
Threat prevention—Up to 200 Gbps threat prevention throughput
Ipsec vpn—Up to 100 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput
Reliability—Fully redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supply shelves and dual fan trays

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