FortiGate 81F storage uses

[Black10]

Hi,

I would like to know what the use cases are for the 128GB SSD internal storage?

The 81F is a £400 premium over the 81F.

Kind regards

Tony

[funkylicious]

Hi,
You mean 81F over 80F ?
Well, if you want to store logs for a longer duration and don't have FortiAnalyzer ( VM / physical / Cloud ) , you could store them locally on the HDD.

You also have the option to store the logs in memory, but those will be lost at a reboot and the space for them is quite limited.

Check this article for a similar question

[Yurisk]

Hi, having ssd enables you to: 

• store logs long time 
• generate reports from those logs
• see Fortiview dashboard results back up to a week, instead of just real time.
• use DLP
• use Wan Optimization (rather exotic feature IMO)