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designed for the demands of high-bandwidth environments. Security solutions for
these sites must meet today's bandwidth requirements as well as provide scalability for
future growth.
Internet Security Solution for Enterprises and Data Centers
The SonicWALL GX Series extends SonicWALL's award-winning Internet security
solutions to meet the intensive demands of enterprises and data centers. The GX Series
delivers industry-leading price/performance in a solution that includes a scalable,
robust security platform coupled with a comprehensive management system.
High Performance
The SonicWALL GX Series' high-performance architecture features a maximum firewall
throughput of up to 1.0 Gbps and supports up to 500,000 simultaneous connections
and 3DES VPN throughput up to 260Mbps to support a maximum of 10,000 VPN
tunnels.
Scalability
The chassis-based design of the SonicWALL GX Series provides a scalable path for
future performance upgrades, additional interfaces, and different interface types. The
SonicWALL GX Series also delivers high availability through failover support and hot
swappable power supplies.
Comprehensive Management
The SonicWALL GX Series includes comprehensive security management tools and
interface options including Web, SNMP, command line, and global management by
SonicWALL GMS. All SonicWALL GX models are bundled with SonicWALL's Global
Management System (GMS), which provides an integrated, global security
management solution for thousands of SonicWALL Internet security appliances on
geographically distributed networks.
Price/Performance Leader
SonicWALL's GX Series extends SonicWALL's industry-leading security technology to
meet the demands of high-end security installations. For organizations seeking
Internet security solutions for high-bandwidth networks, SonicWALL GX Internet
Security appliances deliver an industry leading solution that integrates high
performance, reliability, and ease of management.
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