Below is a table comparing features of 4 sizes of Cisco ASAvs, versus 3 sizes of NSX Edge Gateway devices. Note: for a more complete comparison of all available Green Cloud virtual routing devices, please see this article.
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ASAv-Only Features:
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Shared Features:
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Edge Gateway-Only Features:
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| Feature | ASAv5 | ASAv10 | ASAv30 | ASAv50 | NSXE Compact | NSXE Large | NSXE XL |
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| Stateful Inspection Throughput (multiprotocol) | 50 Mbps | 500 Mbps | 1 Gbps | 5 Gbps | 900Mbps | 2 Gbps | 9 Gbps |
| Connections per second | 8,000 | 20,000 | 60,000 | 120,000 | 8,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Concurrent sessions | 50,000 | 100,000 | 500,000 | 2,000,000 | 64,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| VLANs | 25 | 50 | 200 | 1024 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| SSL/Client VPN Sessions (Advanced Edge Only) | 50 | 250 | 750 | 10,000 | 50 | 100 | 1000 |
| IPsec VPN peers | 50 | 250 | 750 | 10,000 | 512 | 1600 | 6,000 |
| IPsec VPN Throughput (AES) | 30 Mbps | 125 Mbps | 1 Gbps | 3 Gbps | 900 Mbps | 2 Gbps | >2 Gbps |
| Virtual CPUs | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Memory | 1GB-1.5GB | 2 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB | 512MB | 1GB | 8GB |
| Minimum disk storage | 8 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 512MB | 512MB | 4.5GB + 4GB |