topic Re: PaloAlto firewall platform upgrade? in General Topics

PaloAlto firewall platform upgrade?

albert.buendia — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:56:06 GMT

Hi,

I'm a customer with two PaloAlto firewalls PA-2020 with active / passive config. We have a 100 Mbps simetrical Internet speed bandwith connected

to the PaloAlto firewalls and all is working fine.

Our ISP provider is going to upgrade our Internet speed to 1 Gbps and replacing the Cisco 2951 router to a higher Catalyst one.

My question is if we need to upgrade both PaloAlto PA-2020 firewalls (500 Mbps throughput) to a PA-2050 (1 Gbps) or PA-3020 (2 Gbps) or....

Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance.

Albert Buendia

Re: PaloAlto firewall platform upgrade?

Chatri — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:59:00 GMT

I would suggest the best idea here would be to involve your SE and re-evaluate your needs in terms of what PA platform would be the appropriate fit in the network.

Re: PaloAlto firewall platform upgrade?

kadak — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:03:58 GMT

Hello Albert,

This question would best be addressed by your account's sales representative since they will provide you the best recommendation - technically and financially.

If the bandwidth is going to be 1Gbps, PA-3020 would be the ideal one to upgrade to.

Regards,

Kunal Adak.

Re: PaloAlto firewall platform upgrade?

shasnain — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:05:48 GMT

You can refer to the hardware guide for each of the platforms for your concern or talk to your System Engineer regarding the upgrade.

Re: PaloAlto firewall platform upgrade?

albert.buendia — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:12:23 GMT

Thank you for you quick response. I asked in this forum because I wanted to hear and contrast / corroborate the PaloAlto response with our partner recommendations.

I think PA-3020 are good choices but I wanted to hear you voices.

Regards,

Albert Buendia.

Re: PaloAlto firewall platform upgrade?

ericgearhart — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:54:54 GMT

Just as a shot off the hip I'd think a move to the 3000 series is warranted. But that's without having all the details of your environment.