The following table describes the supported NS9x00 Sensor capacity:
| Maximum Type | NS9300 | NS9200 | NS9100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggregate HTTP Performance | 40 Gbps | 20 Gbps | 10 Gbps |
| Max Throughput with test equipment sending UDP packet size of 1512 Bytes | up to 70 Gbps | up to 35 Gbps | up to 30 Gbps |
| Concurrent Connections | 32,000,000 | 16,000,000 | 13,000,000 |
| Connections established per second | 1,000,000 | 575,000 | 450,000 |
| Latency
(Average UDP per packet Latency) |
<100 µs | <100 µs | <100 µs |
| SSL Flow Count | 3,200,000 | 1,600,000 | 1,200,000 |
| Number of SSL certificates that can be imported into the Sensor | 1,024 | 1,024 | 1,024 |
| Throughput with Inbound SSL Decryption (based on 10% SSL traffic) | 40 Gbps | 20 Gbps | 10 Gbps |
| Quarantine rules per Sensor- IPv4 | 7,999 | 7,999 | 7,999 |
| Quarantine rules per Sensor- IPv6 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Quarantine Zones per Sensor | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Quarantine Zone ACLs per Sensor | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Virtual Interfaces (VIDS) per Sensor (Number of Virtual IPS Systems) | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| VLAN / CIDR Blocks per Sensor | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| VLAN / CIDR Blocks per Interface | 254 | 254 | 254 |
| Customized attacks
See the note below on how the number of customized attacks is affected. |
100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Ignore rules | 262,144 | 262,144 | 262,144 |
| Number of attacks with ignore rules | 128,000 | 128,000 | 128,000 |
| DoS Profiles | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| SYN cookie rate (64 ‑ byte packets per second) | 13,500,000 | 9,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
| Effective (Firewall) access rules | 20,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 |
| Firewall rule objects | 140,000 | 140,000 | 70,000 |
| Firewall DNS rule objects | 5,000 | 5,000 | 2,500 |
| Firewall rule object groups | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 |
| Application on Custom Port rule objects | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,000 |
| Firewall user-based rule objects | 5,000 | 5,000 | 2,500 |
| Firewall user groups in access rules | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Number of exclusion list entries permitted for IP Reputation | 128 | 128 | 128 |
| Maximum host entries supported for Connection Limiting policies | 256,000 | 256,000 | 256,000 |
| Maximum file size during packet capture | 100 MB | 100 MB | 100 MB |
| Passive device profile limits | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Advanced Malware - Maximum simultaneous file scan capacity when the file is saved in the Sensor
See the note below for more information. |
1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Advanced Malware - Maximum simultaneous file scan capacity without saving files in the Sensor
See the note below for more information. |
4,094 | 4,094 | 4,094 |
| New HTTP connections per second (using 1 GET with 5000 HTTP response) | 700,000 | 375,000 | 260,000 |