Clarification for 6001 Series Fotigate Series FW

[wmasood1]

Hello, I am trying to finalize a Firewall for my Network. I want to understand why the Forti-gate 6001F has range of throughputs in it? for e.g. 6001F IP Sec VPN throughput is 40-160Gbps, IP Throughput is 51-170Gbps, NGFW throughput is 45-150Gbps, whereas i dont see any other models with such diverse and varied ranges? Can someone guide on this? how these ranges are achieved? 

[abarushka]

Hello,

Can you please elaborate whether you are referring to performance spreadsheet below:

https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/data-sheets/FortiGate_6000F_Series.pdf

[wmasood1]

Yes i am referring to these numbers, however, why these numbers (ranges) are not shown for other firewalls? do they not have these capacities/ capabilities? what makes 6001F different from other models?

[abarushka]

Hello,

I think it depends on the number of FPCs. Can you please share the link?

[wmasood1]

https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/data-sheets/Fortinet_Product_Matrix.pdf

[abarushka]

Hello,

https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/data-sheets/Fortinet_Product_Matrix.pdf

doesn't specify it explicitely, but I assume that low value stands for performance with 3x FPC blades only, while high value stands for performance with 10x FPC blades:

https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/data-sheets/FortiGate_6000F_Series.pdf

"The FG-6001F comes with 10x FPC blades installed by default and an embedded license to enable 3x FPC blades only."