During Q4, 2020, an independent test of the Barracuda CloudGen Firewall F400 v8.1.0-348 was performed (Branch 1). The Branch 1 use case is a good reference for large installations such as large enterprises, corporate offices, and distribution centers. With flexible, robust Zero-Touch Provisioning, the time to create a new configuration was fast; cloning even faster. Deployment was easy, and the product included comprehensive documentation. Video MOS were extremely good; Voice MOS excellent; HTTP Connect times excellent; FTP latency excellent; Emails sent per second excellent; however, when delayed burst was introduced, the performance experienced a degradation. The Rated Throughput was very good, and Security Effectiveness was good.

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