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Fortinet FortiGate VM Series
Unified Threat Management Solutions


FortiGate virtual appliances allow you to mitigate blind spots by implementing critical security controls within your virtual infrastructure. They also allow you to rapidly provision security infrastructure whenever and wherever it is needed. Moreover, FortiGate virtual appliances feature all of the security and networking services common to traditional hardware-dbased FortiGate appliances. With the addition of virtual appliances from Fortinet, you can deploy a mix of hardware and virtual appliances, operating together and managed from a common centralized management platform.

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FortiGate Virtual Appliances Comparision


  FG-VM00 FG-VM01 FG-VM02 FG-VM04 FG-VM08 FG-VM16 FG-VM32 FG-VMUL
Technical Specifications
vCPU Support (Minimum / Maximum) 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 4 1 / 8 1 / 16 1 / 32 1 / Unlimited
Network Interface Support (Minimum / Maximum) 1 / 10 1 / 10 1 / 10 1 / 10 1 / 10 1 / 10 1 / 10 1 / 10
Memory Support (Minimum / Maximum) 1 GB / 2 GB 1 GB / 2 GB 1 GB / 4 GB 1 GB / 6 GB 1 GB / 12 GB 1 GB / 24 GB 1 GB / 48 GB 1 GB / Unlimited
Storage Support (Minimum / Maximum) 32 GB / 2 TB 32 GB / 2 TB 32 GB / 2 TB 32 GB / 2 TB 32 GB / 2 TB 32 GB / 2 TB 32 GB / 2 TB 32 GB / 2 TB
Wireless Access Points Controlled (Tunnel / Global) 32 / 32 32 / 64 256 / 512 256 / 512 1,024 / 4,096 1,024 / 4,096 1,024 / 4,096 1,024 / 4,096
Virtual Domains (Default / Maximum) 2 / 2 10 / 10 10 / 25 10 / 50 10 / 500 10 / 500 10 / 500 10 / 500
Firewall Policies (VDOM / System) 5,000 20,000 / 40,000 50,000 / 100,000 50,000 / 100,000 50,000 / 100,000 50,000 / 100,000 50,000 / 100,000 50,000 / 100,000
Maximum Number of FortiTokens 1,000 1,000 1,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Maximum Number of Registered Endpoints 200 2,000 2,000 8,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Unlimited User License Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
System Performance
Firewall Throughput (UDP Packets, SR-IOV Enabled) 12 Gbps 12 Gbps 15 Gbps 28 Gbps 33 Gbps 36 Gbps 50 Gbps -
Concurrent Sessions (TCP) 1.0 Million 1.0 Million 2.6 Million 4.3 Million 8.5 Million 18.0 Million 38.0 Million -
New Sessions / Second (TCP) 85,000 85,000 100,000 125,000 150,000 175,000 200,000 -
IPsec VPN Throughput (AES256+SHA1, 512 Byte) 1.0 Gbps 1.0 Gbps 1.5 Gbps 3.0 Gbps 5.5 Gbps 6.5 Gbps 7 Gbps -
Gateway-to-Gateway IPsec VPN Tunnels 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 -
Client-to-Gateway IPsec VPN Tunnels 6,000 6,000 12,000 20,000 40,000 50,000 64,000 -
SSL-VPN Throughput 800 Mbps 800 Mbps 830 Mbps 2 Gbps 4.5 Gbps 8.5 Gbps 8.6 Gbps -
Concurrent SSL-VPN Users (Recommended Maximum) 1,000 1,000 2,000 4,500 10,000 25,000 40,000 -
IPS Throughput (HTTP / Enterprise Mix)1 3.5 Gbps / 1 Gbps 3.5 Gbps / 1 Gbps 5.5 Gbps / 1.5 Gbps 8.0 Gbps / 3.0 Gbps 15.5 Gbps / 6.0 Gbps 25.0 Gbps / 12.0 Gbps 29.0 Gbps / 19.0 Gbps -
Application Control Throughput2 2.0 Gbps 2.0 Gbps 2.6 Gbps 4.5 Gbps 9.0 Gbps 17.0 Gbps 17.5 Gbps -
NGFW Throughput3 850 Mbps 850 Mbps 1.5 Gbps 2.5 Gbps 4.5 Gbps 9.0 Gbps 16.5 Gbps -
Threat Protection Throughput4 700 Mbps 700 Mbps 1.2 Gbps 2.0 Gbps 3.5 Gbps 7.0 Gbps 13.0 Gbps -

1. IPS performance is measured using 1 Mbyte HTTP and Enterprise Traffic Mix.
2. Application Control performance is measured with 64 Kbytes HTTP traffic.
3. NGFW performance is measured with IPS and Application Control enabled, based on Enterprise Traffic Mix.
4. Threat Protection performance is measured with IPS and Application Control and Malware protection enabled, based on Enterprise Traffic Mix.

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