I've just been looking at the performance stats for the firewalls we have (Nokia) and the firewalls we are planning to get (ASA) and found the following:
Nokia IP560
FW - large packets 6.0 Gbps
VPN - large packets 1.78 Gbps, AES256
CPS - 58,000 CPS
Max 725,000 FW TCP sessions
Nokia IP690
Firewall - large packets 7 Gbps
VPN - large packets 1.85 Gbps, AES256
Max TCP 725,000
TCP session rate 35,624
Cisco ASA 5550
Maximum firewall and IPS throughput(Mbps)1.2 Gbps
Maximum firewall connections 650,000
Maximum firewall connections/second 36,000
Packets per second (64 byte)600,000
Maximum 3DES/AES VPN throughput 425 Mbps
Maximum site-to-site and remote access VPN sessions 5000
Maximum SSL VPN user sessions 5000
Bundled SSL VPN user session 2
Either Nokia and Cisco are measuring completely differently, or the ASA is way, way slower than the Nokia boxes
Can anyone help?
Many thanks
Richard
