The slowness for S170 appliance can cause by multiple factors, being limited CPU, disks and RAM:
- Number of requests per seconds being handled
- Expensive configuration, regular expressions configured
- Version of the AsyncOS (there are few defects impacting S170 for performance degradation)
- Engines that are enabled (such as web reputation, categorisation, anti virus, anti malware, reporting and authentication)
However recommend to open a TAC case to get in depth assistance for this