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Meaningful difference 820 vs 850 suggestions

Sec101 — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:45:14 GMT

Besides the throughput, sessions, zones, address objects, decrypt sessions, does anyone have suggestions on noticeable differences between the 820 vs 850 for performance?

Re: Meaningful difference 820 vs 850 suggestions

Raido_Rattameister — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 15:52:25 GMT

Have you checked comparison page?

https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/products/product-comparison.html?chosen=pa-850,pa-820

Re: Meaningful difference 820 vs 850 suggestions

Sec101 — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:02:33 GMT

Yep, went through all that, Thank you for the suggestion though! Wondering if anyone has hands on with them side by side, any nuances/differences they've noticed?

Re: Meaningful difference 820 vs 850 suggestions

Brandon_Wertz — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:32:16 GMT

@Sec101 wrote:
Besides the throughput, sessions, zones, address objects, decrypt sessions, does anyone have suggestions on noticeable differences between the 820 vs 850 for performance?

I don't have 850s (yet), but I will be rolling some out in the coming months. Looking at the spec sheet @Raido_Rattameister posted I think really tells the whole story. There's not "much" difference. The biggest most important thing is probably the 10G capabilities.

I think in practice the 850 might be a bit faster on commits perhaps. If you talk to your SE and you've got an NDA they'll likely tell you the no-kidding performance differences, but I bet there isn't much.

In general though it's my understanding there's some logging /sec limitations (Though it's still "high") on the 8XX series.

So I'd talk to your SE about logging and 10G needs if you're looking into the 800 series.