The Dell Sonic WALL Network Security Appliance (NSA) series combines the patented Dell Sonic WALL Reassembly Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI) engine with a powerful & massively scalable multi-core architecture to deliver intrusion prevention, gateway anti-virus, gateway anti-spyware, and application intelligence & control for businesses of all sizes. By integrating automated & dynamic security capabilities into a single platform, the NSA series provides comprehensive next-generation firewall protection without compromising performance. Along with superior power efficiency, Dell Sonic WALL NSA series appliances lower the total cost of ownership by reducing complexity & the time necessary to configure, deploy & maintain security solutions. An intuitive GUI & powerful set-up wizards make it easy to quickly set up & fine-tune network policies, application rules, VPN connections & more. Features Next-generation firewall security A suite of tools, including intrusion prevention, gateway anti-virus, and anti-spyware plus application intelligence & control, offer granular control through application blocking, bandwidth management & more. Additional security & connectivity capabilities such as IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, content filtering, anti-spam & enforced client anti-virus make the NSA series a comprehensive & powerful all-in-one security solution. Multi-core architecture Single-core & ASIC processors may have been sufficient for the design of traditional stateful firewalls. But NSA series appliances go above & beyond, with a multi-core design to help ensure that the deep packet inspection provided by the Dell Sonic WALL Next-Generation Firewall can scale with your expanding organization. As many as eight cores spread the network load evenly & protect against extreme performance degradation often present in other technologies when exposed to heavy traffic conditions & malicious content. Deep packet inspection technology Proprietary Dell Sonic WALL RFDPI technology offers extremely high scalability & performance suitable for even the most demanding environments. RFDPI scans traffic on every port, on every protocol & in any direction to provide ultimate visibility & control. The unique design of the RFDPI engine allows it to inspect every byte of a connection
- & up to hundreds of thousands of simultaneous connections
- in order to categorize application traffic & protect against internal & external threats at both the application & network layer. Lowered complexity & cost Along with superior power efficiency, Dell Sonic WALL NSA series appliances lower the total cost of ownership by reducing complexity & the time necessary to configure, deploy & maintain security solutions. An intuitive GUI & powerful set-up wizards make it easy to quickly set up & fine-tune network policies, application rules, VPN connections & more.