Forti-gate VM performance

[sebastan_bach]

Hi, 

We are looking at the fortigate VM firewall but little confused about the information in the datasheet. We are having a ESXi environment. The datasheet mentions the VM can provide 4 Gbps throughput but which VM series will deliver 4 Gbps. I mean would we require the VM08, VM04 etc. There is no mention about that on the datasheet. 

Can someone please provide clarity of the same. Would be helpful. 

Regards

Sebastan

[Ray_Berendsen_FTNT]

Hi Sebastion, Sorry that you've been waiting for an answer for so long.  Have you seen this document that describes the different performance numbers for the different VM models?  https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/data-sheets/FortiGate_VM.pdf

It describes how the performance of the VM models based on different traffic flows and inspection types.  Hopefully it will answer your questions.

Thanks,

Ray