✔ Pros:Industry-leading 5 Gbps IDS/IPS throughput for its price point; Dual 3.5" NVR bays with RAID support; 2.5 GbE and 10G SFP+ WAN options; Shadow Mode for high availability.
✘ Cons:The 8-port integrated switch lacks PoE support; Most LAN ports are limited to 1 GbE throughput.
Est. Price:
$599 - $649
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Aruba (HPE) Aruba 9240 Campus Gateway
★ 3.3 Value Score
Technical Specifications
Firewall Throughput: 40 Gbps
Threat Prevention Throughput: 4 Gbps
IPsec VPN Throughput: 10 Gbps
Max Sessions: 4,000,000
New Sessions/sec: 200,000
Interfaces: 4x SFP28 (1G/10G/25G)
Form Factor: 1U Rackmount
Curation Review
✔ Pros:High-density performance supporting up to 2,048 APs and 32,768 devices; Flexible 'pay-as-you-grow' licensing model avoids hardware refreshes; Integrated Layer 4-7 stateful firewall with Deep Packet Inspection; High-speed 25GbE connectivity.
✘ Cons:Significant initial investment and recurring licensing costs; Threat prevention (IDPS) throughput is limited to 4 Gbps and only supported on the base model; Low physical port density (4 ports) without expansion.