After all, nearly every firewall deployment will include some security services whether that’s antivirus scanning, intrusion prevention, or data loss prevention. While knowing the maximum volume of traffic that can pass through your firewall is interesting, this stat does not usually provide a lot of context for how a product will behave on your real network. This statistic measures a firewall’s raw, unhindered processing speed in its base state–with no additional security services or processes activated.

Maximum Firewall Throughput is the highest throughput speed stat in the tech specs and is measured in Mbps or Gbps – that’s megabits or gigabits per second.

What on Earth are all of these numbers?! Throughput Statistics Which hardware specifications are most important to a business network? What’s the difference between NGFW Throughput and SSL-VPN Throughput? Are maximum user counts really a hard limit? To get a clearer picture, we’ll dissect the tech specs of the FortiGate-60F to determine which stats matter most and why. Manufacturers do their best to be transparent about each firewall’s capabilities, but their datasheets often include 40 to 50 different metrics and measurements to sort through. With dozens of competing firewall brands, each sporting several different models and variants in their product catalogs, it can be a serious challenge for non-experts (or even sometimes for experts) to navigate their options when purchasing a Next Generation Firewall appliance.

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