Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall is $195.01 dearer. They are different kinds of product — network firewall appliance against network attached storage — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
Fortinet
Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall
$495.00
The 5 Gbps firewall figure and the 900 Mbps threat protection figure are the same appliance measured with inspection off and on -- the second number is what a site with security profiles enabled will actually see.
Full details →Synology
Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
$299.99
Sold without drives, which is the first thing to budget for -- two 8 TB NAS drives cost more than the enclosure does.
Full details →Who the Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall is for
Buy it if: Branch offices needing SD-WAN, IPS and web filtering under central FortiManager control.
Avoid it if: Anyone budgeting for the appliance alone -- the subscription is the larger recurring cost.
Who the Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure is for
Buy it if: Small offices wanting file shares, backup targets and Synology Drive on hardware they own.
Avoid it if: Anyone treating RAID as a backup, or expecting 4K transcoding for media serving.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall | Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $495.00 | $299.99 |
| Annual energy use | About 105 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $18 at $0.17 per kWh | About 129 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $22 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 12 W typical | About 14.7 W in access, 4.4 W at hibernation |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 2-year limited warranty |
| Capacity | not published | 2 bay |
| Concurrent sessions | About 700,000 | not published |
| Cooling | Fanless | not published |
| Drive bays | not published | 2 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless |
| Firewall throughput | 5 Gbps with inspection disabled | not published |
| IPsec VPN throughput | About 4.4 Gbps | not published |
| Memory | not published | 2 GB DDR4, expandable to 6 GB |
| Network ports | not published | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet with link aggregation |
| Port count | 5 x Gigabit Ethernet | not published |
| Processor | not published | Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz |
| RAID levels | not published | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1 |
| Subscriptions | FortiGuard bundle sold separately and renewed annually | not published |
| Threat protection throughput | About 900 Mbps with security profiles enabled | not published |
| USB ports | not published | 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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