FortiMail VM08 is the largest FortiMail VM edition in this lineup, licensed for up to 8 vCPUs and built for
large enterprises with high mail volume. It supports up to 1,000 protected email domains and roughly 2,000
server-mode mailboxes, with email routing throughput of approximately 675,000 messages per hour. VM08 also
raises the maximum supported RAM to 64 GB, giving it far more headroom than VM04 for concurrent scanning,
sandboxing, and Enterprise ATP workloads. If VM08 isn't enough, Fortinet also offers VM16 and VM32 tiers for
the very largest carriers and ISPs.
Hypervisors: VMware ESX/ESXi 6.0+, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer,
KVM Cloud: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure,
Nutanix AHV
Deployment & Licensing
Modes: Gateway, Transparent, Server Included: Data Loss
Prevention, Centralized Quarantine Optional: Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace email
API integration Beyond VM08: VM16 and VM32 available for the largest carriers/ISPs
Not Sure Which FortiMail VM Fits Your Environment?
Compare vCPU tiers, memory limits, and throughput across the full FortiMail VM lineup — VM01
through VM08, and beyond — to find the right fit for your organization's mail volume.
VM08 is licensed for 8 vCPUs maximum, the largest tier in this lineup, built for
large enterprises with high mail volume.
VM08 supports 4 to 64 GB of RAM and 250 GB minimum up to 8 TB of storage.
VM08 doubles VM04's vCPU count to 8, quadruples maximum RAM (16 GB to 64 GB), doubles
maximum storage (4 TB to 8 TB), and roughly doubles email routing throughput (306K to 675K
messages/hour).
Fortinet offers VM16 (16 vCPU) and VM32 (32 vCPU) licenses beyond VM08 for the
largest carriers and ISPs needing well over a million messages per hour of throughput.
Yes, VM08 is supported on AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure, and Nutanix AHV in addition to on-premises hypervisors.
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