SonicwallTZ670 Network Security Appliance (02-SSC-2837)

Sonicwall has a very good reputation, and well-deserved. You pay a premium for Sonicwall devices, especially when they come with protection services and support. But their support engineers stay with you as required when you need help. The HA -high-availability- devices such as this one are much less expensive, but they are paired with another device of the same model that should have full Sonicwall support and licensing. So you only pay the support and software licensing for the main device, a big plus.Just be aware that SonicOS is quite a complex piece of work. Simple configuration can be quick, but if you want to get into the weeds with multiple LANs/WANs, VLANS, VPNs, QoS and the like, this is all available to you, and much more.The Gen7 TZ670 is very very good. In my experience, close to wire-speed throughput even with security services enabled. Definitely faster than the prior generations.

Sonicwall is pricey but you get what you pay for in this case. Their tech support is available 24/7 and they will get you setup however you like. With all the ransomeware attacks going on this just isn’t an area I want to cut corners. Your defenses need to be managed and updated 24/7 that’s what you pay for with sonicwall. When you consider the cost of a ransomeware attack vs the cost of prevention the sonicwall is money well spent. You don’t have to be technical to deploy it their support will get you up and running with a typical setup remotely.