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Black10
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FortiGate 81F storage uses

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

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funkylicious
Contributor III

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

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Yurisk
Valued Contributor

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)

 

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