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Overview

FortiADC enhances the scalability, performance, and security of your applications whether they are hosted on-premises or in the cloud. Our advanced application delivery controller optimizes application performance and availability while securing the application with both its native security tools and by integrating application delivery into the Fortinet Security Fabric.

Unmatched Application Acceleration

FortiADC provides unmatched application acceleration, load balancing, and web security, regardless of whether it is used for applications within a single data center or serves multiple applications for millions of users around the globe. FortiADC includes application acceleration, WAF, IPS, SSLi, link load balancing, and user authentication in one solution. The solution delivers availability, performance, and security in a single, all-inclusive license. 

Global Server Load Balancing

FortiGSLB Cloud is a DNS-based service that helps ensure business continuity by keeping applications online and available when a local area experiences unexpected traffic spikes or network downtime. FortiGSLB enables organizations to deploy redundant resources around the globe to maintain the availability of mission-critical applications.

Flexible Deployment Options

FortiADC is available as a high-performance hardware appliance, as a virtual appliance, or on-demand via AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud marketplaces. 

Features and Benefits

FortiADC offers advanced security features (WAF, DDoS, and AV) and application connectors for easy deployment and full visibility of your networks and applications. 

Layer 4-7 ADC

High-performance physical and virtual ADC and reverse proxy are included

GSLB Disaster Recovery

DNS-based GSLB is available as-a-Service or as a FortiADC feature

WAF and Vulnerability Scanning

Web application firewall and vulnerability scanning defend against zero days and the OWASP Top 10

Enhanced Security

DDoS, web filtering, IPS, GEO-IP, IP rep using SSL forward proxy deliver secure traffic inspection

Security Fabric Integration

Fabric integration helps identify and analyze multi-pronged security threats

Threat Analytics

Streamlines workflows with recommended playbooks and threat-hunting capabilities

FortiADC Use Cases

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Application Performance
Improve performance and availability of FortiGates via SSL offload, security prefiltering, and load balancing.
Application Security
Application Security
Protect your applications from OWASP Top 10 risks and malicious bots
Scalable
Scale and Enhance Apps
Balance application traffic locally or globally to improve performance and ensure availability.

FortiGSLB Use Cases

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Optimize SD-WAN
Ensure SD-WAN traffic follows optimal paths based on network and device performance checks.
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ZTNA
Improve client QoE, application latency, and business continuity
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Always-On VPN
Provide a better user experience by ensuring VPN traffic follows the best available path

FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services

FortiGuard Labs - Fortinet’s elite cybersecurity threat intelligence and research organization comprised of experienced threat hunters, researchers, analysts, engineers, and data scientists - develops and enhances FortiGuard AI-powered Security Services as well as provides valuable expert help through FortiGuard Expert-driven Security Services.

Case Studies

McPherson
McPherson
Oil Products Company Integrates on the Fortinet Security Fabric for Efficient and Secure Networking
African Bank
African Bank
African Bank Adopts Zero-Trust Access Strategy with New Integrated SD-WAN Security Architecture
Felgueiras City Council
Felgueiras City Council
Portuguese City Council Enhances Service Levels and Increases Operational Efficiency Through Digital Transformation
Pague Menos
Pague Menos
Pharmacy Chain Builds a Secure Network and Expands Its Retail Services With Fortinet LAN Edge and Secure SD-WAN

Models and Specifications

FortiADC application delivery controllers are available as hardware appliances, virtual machines and public cloud VMs.  

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FortiADC application delivery controllers are available as hardware appliances, virtual machines and public cloud VMs.  

Throughput
5 Gbps
Ports
4x GE RJ45, 2x GE SFP
Throughput
8 Gbps
Ports
4x GE RJ45, 4x GE SFP
Throughput
15 Gbps
Ports
2x 10 GE SFP+ slots ,4x GE SFP ports, 4x GE ports
Throughput
40 Gbps
Ports
8x RJ45 GE port, 8x SFP GE port, 8x SFP+ 10G Ports
Throughput
60 Gbps
Ports
8x SFP ports, 12x 10GbE SFP+ ports
Throughput
100 Gbps
Ports
4x 40GbE QSFP, 4x 10G SFP+
Throughput
200 Gbps
Ports
4x 100 GE QSFP28, 8x 40 GE QSFP

VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Open Source Xen, KVM, Oracle Cloud. Please see FortiADC VM Installation Guide for versions supported

Throughput
1 Gbps
vCPU
1
Throughput
2 Gbps
vCPU
2
Throughput
4 Gbps
vCPU
4
Throughput
10 Gbps
vCPU
8
Throughput
16 Gbps
vCPU
16
Throughput
24 Gbps
vCPU
32
Actual performance values may vary depending on the network traffic and system configuration. Performance results were observed using an appliance with an Intel CPU E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50 GHz running VMware ESXi 5.5.

FortiADC is available in all major public cloud providers as a BYOL or PAYG, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Please see the cloud Marketplace listings for more information:

FortiADC on AWS

FortiADC on Azure

FortiADC on OCI

FortiADC on Google Cloud

FortiCare Support & Professional Services

Fortinet is dedicated to helping our customers succeed, and every year FortiCare services help thousands of organizations get the most from their investments in Fortinet's products and services. To achieve this, FortiCare follows the life-cycle approach and provides unique services to help our customers in their success journeys.

Technical Support Services

Technical Support Services

Various per-device options are available for efficient operations. FortiCare Elite option provides a 15-minute response time for critical products.

Advanced Support

Advanced Support

Various per-account white glove services are available to reduce disruption and increase productivity with operational reviews by designated experts.

Professional Services

Professional Services

Our multi-vendor experts can design and deploy a complete best practice-based solution to help you meet your network or security objectives and adopt new capabilities.

RMA

RMA

Priority RMA options are available across the product family for expedited replacement of defective hardware to meet your availability objectives.

Resources

Data Sheets
Solution Briefs
Videos
White Papers

Ecosystem

Free Product Demo

In this full working product demo of FortiADC you’ll be able to explore the easy-to-use and intuitive GUI, how to set up and manage servers, and get a feel for how a FortiADC operates. Also try out FortiADC’s alerts, reporting, and logging tools.