As a software base solution, the Security Engine benefits from new security capabilities when upgrading.
Example: In the upgrade from version 5.3 to version 5.4, the Firewall’s inspection capability was extended to full inspection.
You also benefit from software architecture and technology improvements when upgrading the software.
Between appliance version 5.2 and version 5.4, customers benefited from an increase of 450% in the performance for the FW-1301 and FW-3205 appliances.
You also have the option of adding new nodes to an existing Firewall Cluster on the fly to improve its performance.