Business Series Forefront Appliance Platforms

The nAppliance Business Series appliance platform is designed to serve SMB and small enterprise and branch-office deployments. Model 1500 and 2500 are the "most affordable" platform on the market; they offer better performance and cost saving against "general purpose" servers with standard operating systems.

nTMG based models are deployed as a standalone units., Both nTMGE (enterprise datacenter or branch office editions) and nUAG can be deployed in high-availability (HA) and network load balancing (NLB) configurations.

Performance Specifications for Capacity Planning
	Model-1500	Model-2500
Storage Capacity	500GB	500GB
TMG Optimized Configurations	nTMG-1500S, nTMGE-1500E, nTMGB-1500B	nTMG-2500S, nTMGE-2500E, nTMGB-2500B
Deployment Type	Small Business	Medium Business
Recommended Corporate PCs	500	1,000
Recommended Corporate Web Users	2,500	5,000
Firewall Throughput (Mbps)	2,000	2,000
HTTP Throughput (Mbps)	150	160
VPN Throughput (Mbps)	160	160
SSL/IPSec Acceleration Rating (TPS)	Software Based	17,000
UAG Optimized Configurations	nUAG-1500	nUAG-2500
Deployment Type	Small Business	Medium Business
Recommended Named Users (1:2)	1,000	2,000
Concurrent Users (<5 Applications, Low Activity Usage)	600	1,200
Concurrent Users ( Medium Activity Usage, 5-10 Apps)	400	800
Concurrent Users ( High Activity Usage, 11-20 Apps)	150	300
Concurrent Users ( Power Usage, 20+ Apps)	100	150
Burst Mode: Concurrent New User Login / Minute	90	100
Burst Mode: Concurrent New User Login < 3 minutes	250	250

Hardware Specifications
	Model-1500	Model-2500
Processor	Single, Dual Cores i3	Single, Quad Cores Xeon
Memory	4GB	6GB
Network Interfaces (RJ45)	8x GbE LAN	8x GbE LAN
Remote HW Management Interface (RJ45)	1x iKVM Lights-Out (IPMI)	1x iKVM Lights-Out (IPMI)
Storage - Data (Redundant)	Dual SATA Fixed Disks, Mirroring (RAID-1)	Dual SATA Fixed Disks, Mirroring (RAID-1)
Oneface Embedded Recovery OS (ARRMS)	2GB, USB Flash DOM, Internal	2GB, USB Flash DOM, Internal
SSL HW Accelerator	No	PCIe Cavium CN1600 Series
LCD w/Keypad Display	Graphical w/6-Keypad	Graphical w/6-Keypad
System IO Ports (VGA/USB/Serial)	1 / 2 / 1	1 / 2 / 1
AC Power Supply	Single, 260 Watts 100 to 240 VAC Auto 47 to 63 Hz, 3A	Single, 260 Watts 100 to 240 VAC Auto 47 to 63 Hz, 3A
Physical Dimensions	Chassis: 19", 2-post rack-mountable Height: 1.5" (1U), 1 rack unit Width: 17.5" Depth: 15" Weight: 15 lbs.	Chassis: 19", 2-post rack-mountable Height: 1.5" (1U), 1 rack unit Width: 17.5" Depth: 15" Weight: 15 lbs.
Storage Temperature	-40° F to 122° F (-40° C to 50° C) 5% to 95% relative humidity, non-condensing	-40° F to 122° F (-40° C to 50° C) 5% to 95% relative humidity, non-condensing
Operating Temperature	35° F to 95° F (1.7° C to 35° C) 5% to 95% relative humidity, non-condensing	35° F to 95° F (1.7° C to 35° C) 5% to 95% relative humidity, non-condensing
Agency Certifications	Safety: UL, FCC, CE, TUV, CB Environmental: WEEE and RoHS	Safety: UL, FCC, CE, TUV, CB Environmental: WEEE and RoHS
Support and Services	Standard warranty includes 30-day software support with one-year hardware support; upgradable	Standard warranty includes 30-day software support with one-year hardware support; upgradable