Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewall PA 3260
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The Palo Alto Networks PA-3260 Next-Generation Firewall provides robust, high-throughput security designed for mid-sized enterprises and data centers. With ML-powered threat prevention, advanced application visibility, and streamlined management, the PA-3260 ensures consistent protection against evolving cyber threats while maintaining reliable performance.

Enterprise-Scale Performance and Capacities
The Palo Alto Networks PA-3260 Next-Generation Firewall is purpose-built to secure large data centers and high-bandwidth perimeters. It delivers:
High-throughput inspection – Meets escalating application, user, and IoT traffic demands.
Inline SSL/TLS decryption – Exposes hidden threats inside encrypted traffic.
Advanced prevention – Blocks the most sophisticated cyberattacks.
Simplified operations – Single-system licensing and management for efficiency.
Scalable, Intelligent Architecture
The PA-3260 allocates dedicated compute and memory resources across networking, security, and management subsystems, ensuring predictable performance as workloads grow.
Network Processing Card (NPC) capabilities:
• 64–144 processing cores per NPC for classification and threat prevention.
• Up to 70 Gbps protection per NPC; scales by adding cards.
• High-capacity support for 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps interfaces.


Unique Single-Pass Architecture
The PA-3260 processes each packet once, executing networking, policy lookup, application decoding, and threat prevention in a single unified flow. This delivers:
Lower overhead – Reduces processing complexity compared to multi-engine firewalls.
Minimal latency – Stream-based, uniform signature matching.
Consistent performance – Predictable throughput with all security services enabled.

Integrated SD-WAN Functionality
Native SD-WAN – Enable directly on existing PA-3260 firewalls without extra hardware.
Seamless integration – Works with Palo Alto’s industry-leading security stack.
Optimized experience – Minimizes latency, jitter, and packet loss across WAN environments.
Condition | Item Condition : Brand New |
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MFG Number | PAN-PA-3260 |
Price | $49,795.55 |
Form Factor | 2U |
Storage | 240 GB SSD |
Product Card Description | Palo Alto PA-3260 NGFW delivers high-performance security with advanced threat prevention for mid-sized enterprises and data centers. |
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