Product
Celestix MSA3000i
Celestix MSA4000i
Celestix MSA3000b
Celestix MSA4000b
Celestix MSA5000e
Celestix MSA6000b

Celestix MSA6000e
Celestix MSA8000e
isa
isa
isa
isa
System
Scorpio-X Platform Pyxis Platform Hydrus Platform
Form Factor
1U compact rack
1U compact rack
2U rack
2U rack
Dimensions (WxDxH)
17.5" x 14.38" x 1.75"
17.5" x 14.38" x 1.75"
17.5" x 17.5" x 3.5"
17.5" x 19.75" x 3.5"
Processor
Intel Pentium Dual-Core
@ 2.0GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo
@ 2.4GHz
Intel Pentium Dual-Core
@ 2.0GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo
@ 2.4GHz
Dual-Core Intel Xeon
@ 3.00GHz
2 x Quad-Core Intel Xeon
@ 2.5GHz
Front Bus Speed/Cache
800MHz/1MB
800MHz/2MB
800MHz/1MB
800MHz/2MB
1333MHz/6MB
1333MHz/24MB
Chipset
Intel 945G
Intel 3210
Intel 5100P
Memory (667MHz DDR2)
2GB
4GB
Hard Drive)
80GB SATA-II
80GB SATA-II
(RAID 1) 2 x 80GB SATA-II
(RAID 1) 2 x 73GB SAS
Disk Speed
7,200 rpm
15,000 rpm
LCD Panel
40x2 Character
Gigabit NICs (PCIe)
6
4
SSL Accelerator
@ 100 Mbps
@ 100 Mbps
@ 2.5 Gpbs
Ports
2 x Serial Ports/Console
3 x USB 2.0 Ports
Power
300W Universal AC input
100V~240V 50/60Hz

Redundant and hot
swappable Power Supply
300W Universal AC input
100V~240V 50/60Hz
Redundant and hot
swappable Power Supply
500W Universal AC input
100V~240V 50/60Hz
Appliance Software Features
Restore to factory default
Restore to last known good version
Update services
Hardened OS
Embedded Windows Server 2003
Microsoft ISA
Workgroup Edition
Branch Enterprise Edition
Enterprise Edition
Branch Enterprise Edition
Enterprise Edition
Enterprise Edition
Websense 7 Support
No
Checkmark
No
Checkmark
Checkmark
Cluster/NLB/HA (Active/Active) Support
No
No
Require CSS
Require CSS
Require CSS
Active/Passive Failover support
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Performance
Firewall (Mbps)
1,500
2,370
1,500
2,370
3,438
3,438
3,438
3,752
ISA forward proxy (Mbps)
144
320
144
320
499
499
499
532
ISA forward proxy (TPS)
877
1,924
877
1,924
2,994
2,994
2,994
3,192
ISA forward proxy (con. users)
550
1,250
550
1,250
3,000 (scalable to 96,000)
3,000 (scalable to 6,000)
3,000 (scalable to 96,000)
7,000 (scalable to 224,000)