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September 13, 2017
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Roadmap for 80C?

  • September 13, 2017
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Anyone have a theory about the 80C? I see that Fortinet is selling 5 year renewals for the 80C which usually tells me that it is nowhere near end-of-life. It seems really unusual that Fortinet would be supporting the 80C when they also have the 80D and the 80E--and not selling any other C generation models that I know of. Has anyone tried running the 5.6 firmware on it? I'm a little hesitant to even update given that the 80C has always had CPU and memory issues.

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    emnoc
    emnoc
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    September 13, 2017

    I have  a FGT80C at home & with v5.6.1. I would NOT run it  in a production env &  with v5.6.x( stay in v5.2 or v5.4 )

     

    As far as roadmap, I would not buy a FGT80C and here's why

     

    1:  lack of continual support TBD in the future

    2:  you have soo many better options 51E 80D 90D 60D so on

    3:  newer models has a better content process

    4: support bundle pricing seems better in D models than C models and with the high thruput

     

    just my 2cts

     

    Ken

    ATC
    ATCAuthor
    New Member
    September 13, 2017

    Oh no, I would never buy one. We have several, would love to get them replaced, but unless they are EOL I can't get it approved from higher-ups. We are a small non-prof, so they actually do the job for us. Just debating if we should renew for 5 years to get the discount or just go year to year on it. I just thought it was weird that Fortinet is still supporting it.

    emnoc
    emnoc
    New Member
    September 13, 2017

    Yes it's not on a  roadmap to be EoL at this time from what I gather.  Don't forget to look at the bigger pictures.

    [ul]
  • Now how much saving on 1 vsr5 year support
  • what's your  budget like for now and 3 years out
  • Do you forecast any security-gear refresh
  • how are they performing now[/ul]

    All of that would factor in on if I would buy a 1 or more year bundle.

     

    Now on a little tip;

     

    I did a research awhile back and a  51E which has way more to offer than a 80C was actually cheap  with support bundles ( FG-51E-BDL  vrs FG-80C-BDL ) if you do a 1 for 1 comparison.

     

     So a USA school that was looking at small campus deployment,  sold off the  FGT80C off at  $125 a pop and replaced them with a "E" model that had a lot more going. They did get special funding and contributions  that help push the upgrade.

     

    How we word it to nail the deal

    [ul]
  • LOWER OPERATION COST
  • MORE 1GE interfaces
  • higher thruput
  • newier model
  • etc.....[/ul]

     

    So I would look at all aspects in your budget planning. We are also push ( Pls don't beat me up; "  I know this is FTNT forum "      ) going with  SRX330s at other locations all for the same  issues due to lower opex. We actually have them deploy at vendor location where we had to manage a "at customer/vendor" location with our own hardware to  terminate  ipsec Site2Sites

     

    just my 2cts

     

    Ken

     

     

     

     

     

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