Fortigate Vm Sizing Azure -

: Always save your FortiGate configuration before resizing.

Based on the factors mentioned earlier, here are some general guidelines for sizing a FortiGate VM in Azure: fortigate vm sizing azure

Instead of scaling vertically to a single massive 16-vCPU instance, deploy a baseline of two Standard_D4s_v5 instances and allow the pool to scale horizontally to 4 or 6 instances during peak hours. This optimizes Azure compute consumption and licensing costs. Summary Checklist for Sizing Success : Always save your FortiGate configuration before resizing

Higher vCPU counts allow FortiOS to distribute the processing packet load across multiple workers. fortigate vm sizing azure

Technical Tip: Resizing an Azure FortiGate VM instance | Community