Sophos XGS118 or XGS 128? / Sophos Home Firewall supported maximum bandwidth?

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Hello, 
 i am currently using a Sophos SG 125 Rev. 3 appliance with SFOS (business). I would now like to replace this with an XGS appliance. The question I have is whether it should be an XGS118 or XGS128? In order to make a better decision, I would like to know the hardware specifications of the appliances. This document from Sophos (see link *) already gives me some information. But not everything. In particular, I would be interested in the CPUs and NIC types installed. Maybe someone can help me here? 
 * Link: https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/hardware/operatinginstructions/xgs/sophos-operating-instructions-xgs-118-118w-128-128w-138.pdf 
 
 The second question I have is the following. I am currently (privately) using an Sophos SG 210 Rev. 3 appliance with a Sophos Firewall Home license (based on SFOS). Now I could get a Flexi-Port module with two 10G SFP+ modules. However, I have read (see link *) that the Sophos Firewall Home license only supports a bandwidth of 1G. Is this correct? 
 * Link: Sophos Firewall Home 
 
 Many thanks in advance. 
 Best regards, 
 meitantei

rfcat_vk · Accepted Answer

HI, 
 the interface speeds are limited by your connection device, not the firmware unless you have QOS enabled. 
 I have an XGS118 and it has NICs that are capable to 2.5gb/s. I have one port (LAN) connected to a 10gb/s switch and the XGS118 shows the connection speed of 2.5gb/s. 
 Knowing the CPU will not help because the XGS118 has other devices to provide improved throughput and throughput also depends very much on your firewall rule settings eg IPS. 
 Ian

rfcat_vk · Answer

Hi, 
 as a first time poster you have included too many links even though they are from Sophos sites. 
 No, it is not limited by the licence, but by the hardware you are using. 
 Ian

Sophos XGS118 or XGS 128? / Sophos Home Firewall supported maximum bandwidth?

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