Benefits of Stateful Synchronization

• Improved reliability - By synchronizing most critical network connection information, Stateful Synchronization prevents down time and dropped connections in case of firewall failure.
• Faster failover performance - By maintaining continuous synchronization between the Active and Standby firewalls, Stateful Synchronization enables the Standby firewall to take over in case of a failure with virtually no down time or loss of network connections.
• Minimal impact on CPU performance - Stateful Synchronization uses little CPU capacity.
• Minimal impact on bandwidth - Transmission of synchronization data is throttled so that it does not interfere with other data.