Why we have 2 devices MAG and SA series for SSL VPN ?

[kamran_shakil]

Why we have 2 devices MAG and SA series for SSL VPN  ?  what are the limitations or technical differences b/w the two types of boxes ?

....desperately need comments on that !

waiting.

kamran.

[Mauricio Oliveira]

MAG have a modular architecture and is the successor of SA family.

[hansei]

SA is the old one and MAG the new one, it is not more complicated than that.

One remarkable difference is that MAG do not support IVS (virtual systems).

[kamran_shakil]

what benefits does it bring to the market,if it is not using IVS technology ?

[muttbarker]

Juniper removed the IVS from the MAG and replaced it with a Service Provider Virtual Machine offering. IVS was really designed for service provider type companies who wanted to offer the SSL solution to multiple customers using a single piece of hardware.

There is no benefit to not having IVS - it is simply that an IVS type solution is now offered via VM based implemention.