Fortinet FortiGate-VM Scalability

SHUBHAM BHINGARDE - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Engineer at CDAC

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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RajeshKumar20 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineer at Team Computers

It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Around 100 people in my company use the product.

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Dr. Ravi_Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at SST Infotech India Pvt Ltd

You need to upgrade your box to scale, but it's easy to migrate from one to the other. 

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Fortinet FortiGate-VM
April 2024
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AnilKumar35 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - User Experience Design at HighRadius

Around 4000 to 6000 employees in my organization use the solution.

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Jared Carmouche - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I rate the tool’s scalability a ten out of ten.

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Abdelzaher Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security at Gofaster

In conjunction with the switch and based on the sizing, it indicates a suitable box or VM for the customer. If the level of mailbox is low, the stability will be good, and the box will not be in conserve mode. Regarding impressions of scalability, I would rate it eight out of ten.

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Victor Akidiva - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Semper Systemis Ltd

VM provides scalability options. We could pair the virtual firewalls and have more capacity. We know it's there, but it wasn't necessary, given the organization's size. Around 350 users from a small microfinance company use the solution. The product is extensively used since it also provides internet proxy and VPN. Almost all services that require connectivity are going through the firewall.

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AV
Cloud Consultant at Tata Consultancy

I rate scalability a ten out of ten because its mesh architecture allows consistent policies. Additionally, we can keep adding points and integrate them into the same dish, making it easy to scale up as needed.

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PS
Owner / Principal Consultant at Stratus Concept LLC

The product was sized for what the client was doing. I can't really say one way, or the other, whether it's more or less scalable than other solutions. I know we could do things to it - that we didn't do - to increase its capability. However, it didn't need to be done and they didn't have the budget for adding anything to it. It's hard to say. I can't really speak to the scalability of it.

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SelormAhiataku - PeerSpot reviewer
System&Network Administrator at Spearhead Networks

Around 20 users are using Fortinet FortiGate-VM in our organization.

I rate the solution an eight out of ten for scalability.

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Raphael Haroun  Ikyagh - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Letshego

The company that acquired us already had similar technology in place, so there wasn't a significant change when they integrated FortiGate-VM.

We have around 60 end users in our company using this solution. It is a very scalable solution.

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Aung Min Oo - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Optimity company limited

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a six or seven out of ten.

My company deals with customers with various ranges regarding the number of users who use the solution. Some of the customers I deal with and who use the solution have around 500 users.

My company plans to increase the number of users of the solution in our company.

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LC
Senior Network Engineer at SONDA

If you need to scale, this is a good option.

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Mark Moloney - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Network Manager at a non-profit with 51-200 employees

It is reasonably scalable. It is not as flexible in scalability as Cisco Firepower with their FMC.

Usually, the clients who use it are cost-conscious. They don't want to spend money on a Cisco device, so they go for Fortigate. A large organization usually goes with Cisco. A smaller organization tends to go for Fortigate or some other solution because of the price.

Our clients use it all over the place. It is not just for their internet. It is used for their internal networks and the rest of it.

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OM
Deputy Director at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

It provides outstanding scalability capabilities. I would rate it ten out of ten. 
We serve a diverse range of customers, including large government organizations in Ukraine and small businesses. FortiGate is suitable for a variety of customer types, accommodating the needs of both large enterprises and smaller organizations.

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MT
Network Architect at Bouygues telecom

It is best in terms of pricing for small and medium-sized companies, where it stands out as a cost-effective and feature-rich solution. For larger enterprises, we emphasize the potential benefits of complementing FortiGate-VM with additional firewalls, such as Palo Alto, to enhance security and address potential vulnerabilities.

I rate the scalability a nine out of ten.

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AE
Independent Consultant at a educational organization with 201-500 employees

The solution is not so scalable. It's not necessarily difficult to scale. However, it is not easy either. 

I'd rate the scalability seven out of ten overall. 

Typically, my clients are small to medium-sized entities. 

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TN
Network Administrator Team Lead at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

Fortinet FortiGate-VM is a scalable solution. It's very powerful, and I've never seen that machine running out of resources. It always worked.

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TP
General Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The solution is scalable, it can be easily and effectively expanded as the customer's requirements grow and change. This makes it an incredibly agile solution that can be tailored to meet even the most demanding demands. There is some room for improvement in this area.

The solution is suitable for small to enterprise-sized companies.

I rate the scalability of Fortinet FortiGate-VM an eight out of ten.

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YK
Chief Information Security Officer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Considering that the machines work with the same operating system and in the same method in an environment, the use of the scalability feature is very easy.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I work with our company's small, medium, and enterprise-sized clients who use the solution.

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Jasmit Singh Juneja - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO & Technology Specialist at Karman Infotech Private Limited

We cater the solution to SMBs.

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MA
Cyber Security architect at Avanade

The product is scalable. It is a little bit expensive on Azure when you use it on the cloud, however. If a company plans to expand it, they need to keep this in mind. However, even those on-premises can be highly scalable. 

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OT
CIO at Viciunai & Ireland

Presently, six thousand users are using the solution. 

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BK
Ecommerce Project Manager at Equine World

I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. 

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MR
Manager, Infrastructure Support at Al Jaber Group

I haven't attempted to scale the solution, so I can't speak to how easy or hard it would be to expand it.

In our organization, we currently have 500 users on the solution. They're mostly end-users and admins.

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AA
IT Support Team Leader at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I am impressed by its scalability, given that we are already using it for over 500 users. And, in future, we plan to increase usage even more. 

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Florian-Buis - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Easyteam

I rate the tool’s scalability an eight out of ten. We have many users in our organization.

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Volodymyr Khorenzhyi - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Thunder Software Technology Co., Ltd.

Fortinet FortiGate-VM is scalable. We have 15 users. 

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Tenishan Fernando - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect - Network and Cybersecurity at NCinga

I would rate scalability an eight out of ten.

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Thabo Molemele - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Furnmart

It is a very scalable product. The solution users in our organization include IT managers, finance officers, accountants, and chief financial officers. I rate its scalability a nine out of ten.

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JK
Principal & CTO at Constructure Technologies at a construction company with 11-50 employees

So far, this product has scaled very well. We have approximately 100 deployed, as edge devices. Currently, it is our only edge device and we plan to continue rolling it out in the future.

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AF
Global sales head at MEPCSA

The solution has a moderate amount of scalability potential. I wouldn't say it's the best, however, it is possible to scale it if you need to.

We have about 25-30 people on the VM currently.

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SB
Security Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I never had any problem with the solution's scalability. The solution's final customer can comment on its scalability.

In general, its scalability is good. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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AM
Head of IT at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees

The scalability is there. When taking into consideration our business environment right now, I find that this is capable of handling all the requirements until the end of 2022.

Right now in the Kolkata office, we are around a hundred people - and that is in the Kolkata office only. If you talk about India, then we have around 250.

We do not plan to increase usage at this time. However, in the future, scaling may be required. 

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ST
Technology consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The solution is scalable, although I have not attempted to undertake further plugins or additions. 

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DP
Team Leader Network & Security at Rogers Capital

Let's say tomorrow we want to upgrade in terms of memory, in terms of processor. If we are VM  based we are using files and by default, we have some spec which is set to the VM. If tomorrow we need more capacity for this logging, we can just upgrade it. We take an analyzer like G1 or G5 and we upload the license, and it will upgrade automatically. 

It's so much easier as compared to hardware, due to the fact that, with hardware, you need to change everything completely. 

We have nine people on our team working with the solution regularly.

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Juraj Elias - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Core Network Architect at O2 Netwirks

I rate the tool's scalability a ten out of ten. 

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JB
IT consultant at mLogix Systemhaus
I rate Fortinet FortiGate's scalability a seven out of ten. View full review »
OB
Solution Architect at Ambsan

We have approximately 30 users and 30,000 users.

This is a scalable solution.

I rate the scalability of Fortinet FortiGate-VM an eight out of ten.

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Thabo Molemele - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Furnmart

The scalability depends on what you want to use it for - previously, we were using 60D, and it wasn't accommodating some features we wanted, so we had to go to 100D.

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Yasir Obaid - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Technometrics Limited

Our clients are mostly enterprise businesses. 

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MuhammadHaris - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Lemon Commuications

The solution is scalable. You can expand it easily. 

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KM
Programmer / Analyst at Maridive & Oil Services

The scalability of this solution is an eight or a nine to me. It's good.

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SM
Senior Security Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Scalability has gotten better with their SD-WAN offering. They're able to utilize inexpensive lines such as 4G, 5G, or DSL. It has allowed us to move away from expensive MPLS lines.

Historically, conventional or Next-Gen firewalls have been utilized at data centers and remote sites. Now, however, a lot of customers are moving towards Zero-Trust access and SASE. I'm currently looking to get a little bit more information on Zero-Trust architecture, as it reduces the overall management and need for physical firewalls in all your locations, which can get expensive.

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GD
Chief Information Officer at LCC Group Inc

The scalability of the solution is good. We haven't faced any issues with expansion.

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SI
Software Developer/ IT Analyst Individual Contributor at AIICO Capital Limited

About 50% of our network users are currently on the solution. For the two companies that we have on the solution currently, there's probably 100 users in each company that use the solution.

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Judit Fekete - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Zipper

I would rate the product's scalability a ten out of ten. My company's four administrators have access to the solution. 

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AZ
Project manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

For the SD-WAN use case that I am researching, it seems more suitable for medium-sized customers. It is a little bit difficult to use for a big customer.

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RD
Chief Technology Officer at cornerstone defense

The solution seems to be scalable. For our purposes, it scales well.

We have about 250 users on the solution currently.

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Mostafa Edres - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Click ITS

We have 200 Fortinet FortiGate-VM users in our organization. I rate the scalability a ten out of ten.

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MS
Works at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees

We have approximately 150 people using the solution.

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MA
Consultant at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

I'd say scalability is somewhere between high to very high.

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SK
Network Security Engineer at a consumer goods company with 201-500 employees

We have approximately 250 users using the solution in my organization and we plan to increase usage.

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ZM
Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Because we're sitting on a multi-tenant type of setup the scalability will depend on the customer's ability to upgrade.

Externally we have several customers that range from government to enterprise clients that use the product and we manage the backend. 

The number of users can range from a site that has 100 users to a site that has 2,000 to 3,000 users.

With the multi-tenant environment, we are able to use resources from multiple accounts. 

We run a 24/7 operation with various requirements, and have a team of 15 to 20 to maintain this solution.

We have plans to increase the usage as the requirement increases for more secure environments with more advanced features or other features within the security space. We would go from a standard firewall to maybe a web application firewall, or to authentication with the two-factor type of services.

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SS
Information Technology Solutions Manager at UBG

Scalability is a problem because the solution is VM. As a VM, you cannot have much scalability.

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VH
Cyber Security Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

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MG
SecOps Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I'm the only person working directly with the product.

The scalability is limited. If we have to scale, we need to upgrade licenses after the license is up for renewal. Otherwise, we need to buy replacement licenses on top of the licenses we've already purchased instead of just expanding and adding onto what we have.

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RS
Tech Security & Networking Support Lead at a venture capital & private equity firm with 51-200 employees

It is easy to scale this solution, but there are some challenges with Azure and high availability.

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EX
Director at Treasure Technology

We haven't had any issues with scalability. If a company needs to build it out or expand, they really shouldn't have any issues.

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JR
Manager-Information Technology at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We haven't attempted to scale the solution just yet. If we want to scale this solution we may have to look at other models. With certain requirements, we probably wouldn't be able to scale it so well as it is right now.

We have about 2,000 people using the solution. Most of the people using it are software developers.

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it_user796206 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner

There are no problems with the scalability.

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KL
Head of systems and technology at Hotel Zuana Beach Resort

Fortinet FortiGate-VM is scalable.

We have 110 systems for users that we can connect and we have 12 users using the VPN.

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VG
Owner at Mindware Computer Solutions

Our customers are very happy with its scalability.

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MV
Team leader technical support at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

It is very scalable. In terms of the number of users, we have about 300 employees and 300 daily on-premise customers.

We have plans to increase its usage. We are looking at the high-availability options for our branch offices.

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SS
Network Security Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is working fine and I have had no trouble with scalability.

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EB
Engineering Manager at Primatel Communication Snd Bhd

Fortinet-VM is more scalable than the hardware version. If you're using an appliance, there are limitations in terms of hardware specs. So if you want a more scalable firewall, you can get a VM and install it on a high-end server. From there, you have more leverage on how many virtual firewalls you want to create based on that VM. In other words, it's already fixed hardware in the appliance — it's already hard-coded in the appliance. So if you are using a VM and installing it on a high-specs server, then your machine has much higher performance in packaging all these policies and all these hardware security features. 

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Navin Rehnius - PeerSpot reviewer
SOC Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd

This solution is flexible and scalable. 

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MA
Information Security Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

I have worked on some of the largest and smallest solutions that Fortinet sells and they all scale really well.

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SE
Network Security Engineer at a tech company with 201-500 employees

The solution is scalable. 

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Judit Fekete - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Zipper

The solution has some issues with scalability. I wouldn't say it's easy to scale at all.

Also, with the pricing model being so confusing, companies can't really wrap their arms around what the final pricing would be when they scale up, which makes it difficult for budgeting purposes. 

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LM
CISO at a religious institution with 501-1,000 employees

The solution has proven to be scalable to all our requirements. In the years using Fortinet, we have had no cases of scalability due to Fortinet. We have had to increase the firewall resources to deal with a large increase in Forticlient connections.

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JG
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is a scalable solution. For example, in one use case, we have 500 students using the solution. Two technicians are managing the solution, which one software person designed. On the customer end, they need a person overseeing the security. 

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DK
Information Technology Manager and ISMS Auditor at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

The solution is quite scalable. If a company needs to expand the solution, it has the capabilities to do so.

We have about 500 people on the solution currently.

We've since moved away from the solution to a cloud-based product. We don't intent to increase usage for that reason.

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JD
IT Director at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

I am okay with the scalability, although we had to upgrade the appliance as our requirements increased. We currently have more than 170 users, and we may increase our usage next year.

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it_user188481 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Admin at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
it_user1277631 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Information Technology at KOTTO A.Ş.

This is a largely scalable and flexible solution.

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MA
Technical Lead at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is not scalable.

We have approximately 7,000 users using this solution in my organization.

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AR
IT Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

One of the primary clients we have that uses the solution is a bank. They utilize it for internal services.

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TL
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees

From the datasheets that I have read, I can see from its specifications that it is scalable.

In this project, we have more than 3000 end users. Most of the users are security admins and security engineers.

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RV
Network Engineer at a maritime company with 201-500 employees

Scalability has not been a problem.

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RS
Associate Pre Sales at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

In my previous employment, I used to work with approximately six people, and we were responsible to monitor and manage FortiGate itself. I most recently switched my employment and in this particular role, there are approximately five other testers using this solution.

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MT
Network Enginner at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Stability and scalability are okay. 

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RA
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The scalability of this solution is limited.

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EE
Lead Cybersecurity Analyst at a consultancy with 5,001-10,000 employees

That's primarily why we steer clients in the direction of Fortinet. With this solution, clients have the potential to grow in the near future. It's just one of those items that we wanted to make sure they had. It's something that is robust enough to be able to handle growing. It's somewhat robust without breaking the bank, initially. 

Our organization doesn't use the solution ourselves, so we don't have a large number of users on the solution. Out of 160 people, maybe a third use it here. It's different, of course, with clients, who use it more extensively.

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DS
Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

FortiGate is scalable.

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RL
Chief of Security and Research at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The product is very scalable. If a company needs to expand it, it can do so.

The entire company ends up using the solution, and we have between 25,000 and 50,000 employees. We have about five offices and in each data center, we use Fortigate.

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MM
Network Analyst at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have found the scalability to be very good. If a company needs to expand it, it can do so.

We have about 500 users on the solution right now. 

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PB
Director Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Fortinet FortiGate-VM is very scalable because you can use Fortinet FortiManager.

We have a big team of many people.

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it_user795627 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Business Development
EC
Consultor Infraestructura, Networking y Seguridad en Seti Consulting at SETI CONSULTING

For the moment, we don't have plans to increase the usage. 

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JV
Founder & Managing Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The solution is scalable if you have the budget. If you don't have the budget, it's not tied into customer budgets very nicely. There are too many moving parts and it is too expensive.

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it_user798288 - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Manager at a tech services company

Not really, but it does have it limits.

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LB
Responsable de Ingenieria at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Yes, we have experience scalability issues, but only when the product sizing is wrong.

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it_user592125 - PeerSpot reviewer
Platforms and Products Manager at a media company with 501-1,000 employees

It is a scalable product. We source our current load with ease and I think it can handle a bit more. It definitely can handle a lot more capacity than what we currently use.

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it_user378003 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology

We did scaled up quite well. We moved our locations from 10 to 20 people accessing it to 100s of people. It could handle the traffic load well enough.

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MR
Junior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We are not in production just yet, and therefore it would be hard to comment on scalability.

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it_user769731 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Management - Specialist with 501-1,000 employees

Yes, we encountered scalability issues in IPSec Module. The tunnels freeze sometimes.

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it_user680427 - PeerSpot reviewer
BETHEL SCIENCE AND MATH CONTENT COACH with 51-200 employees

No issues noted.

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AW
Cyber Security Analyst at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

In terms of scalability, I'd rate it six out of 10.

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it_user790008 - PeerSpot reviewer
System/Network Administrator with 11-50 employees
Buyer's Guide
Fortinet FortiGate-VM
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Fortinet FortiGate-VM. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.