Peformance Difference between ASA-5512x & ASA-5515x

[thomas gilmore]

Good Day,

I have been asked to evaluate performance differences between 2 models of Cisco NG Firewall.

Specifically the 5512x & 5515x.

I have been doing some research,, but want some real world opinions.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/asa-5500-series-next-generation-firewalls/models-comparison.html

The organization requesting a report has a 50 user network,, They will never hit the hardware maximums.

I am wondering from a performance & feature perspective if there is any difference,, <if we do not expect to come close to the VPN client or simutaneous connections or thru-put etc>

The 5512 is a less expensive piece of hardware. Are there reasons to consider the 5515x that I have not considered ?

Thank you in advance.

[Marvin Rhoads]

If you ever anticipate using them in an HA pair (or run in multiple context mode) you'd need to add the Security Plus license onto the 5512-X.

Adding that license makes it almost the same price as the 5515-X (which does not require the separate license).