FG-60e vs FG-60f

[Lucascat]

Can anyone tell me why 60f has "only" 700.000 concurrent sessions over 1.300.000 of the "older" 60e? 

[emnoc]

Probably due to the CPU but keep in mind the FGT60E is lower thruput.

A FGt60F has 8 core  ARMv7 processor 1200mhz fwiw

e.g ( get hardware cpu ) 

processor : 7CPU Frequency : 1200 MHZ model name : ARMv8 Processor rev 4 (v8l)BogoMIPS : 100.00Features : fp asimd aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32CPU implementer : 0x41CPU architecture: 8CPU variant : 0x0CPU part : 0xd03CPU revision : 4 

Ken Felix

[ede_pfau]

Memory size has the most impact on the number of concurrent sessions. And, as far as I know, both models feature 2 GB of RAM. A faster CPU accelerates the rate of new sessions (although not much, according to the datasheets), but has no negative impact on any performance figure that I know of. Look at the throughput figures for AV, IPS, threat protection, they are up by a factor of 3 - this is not due to higher CPU performance but the new generation of ASICS/SPs.

If you really consider putting so many sessions on a tiny box like this, even only 50% of the datasheet maximum figure, you are ill advised IMHO. These 60s are fanless desktop boxes, good for a couple of 10.000 sessions but anything beyond asks for a 3-figure-FGT (100F and above).

First model with more than 2 GB is the 80F. The datasheet figures do not reflect this unambiguosly, though. You will notice in memory usage while it's running.