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Cluster XG 135(w)

rhys lloyd

Hello,

We have 4 XG 135(w) devices and would like to find out if they can be clustered for improved throughput? The only information appeared to be in this article ( https://www.avanet.com/en/kb/which-types-of-sophos-firewall-ha-clusters-are-available/ ) which indicates that:

  • No w-models can be clustered (SG/XG 85w, 105w, 115w, 125w, 135w)

is this correct and true as it appears to contradict the Sophos marketing material.

 

 

regards



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    Hi  

    That is correct. XG-w models do not support High Availability. For more information regarding prerequisites, please have a read at our Knowledgebase Article.

    You mentioned that it contradicts Sophos marketing material. Would you be able to point me to that so that we may revise if necessary? I apologize for any confusion.

    Best,

  • 0 in reply to Karlos

    Hi Karlos,

     

    Many thanks indeed for the confirmation. This was the marketing section I was referring to:

     

    Proven performance on all models
    Our appliances are built upon the most advanced Intel technology. Optimized use of multi-core processors allows consolidation of your security solutions without a performance trade-off.
    With faster than ever firewall, IPS and VPN throughput speeds, our SG Series appliances effortlessly handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Plus, you can easily scale up by dynamically clustering up to 10 units* without external load balancers.

    from https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/factsheets/sophos-sg-series-appliances-brna.pdf

     

    but on closer reading it does speak only to the SG appliances and not the XG. 

     

    Many thanks again.

    regards

    rhys

     

  • 0 in reply to rhys lloyd

    Hi Karlos,

     

    The KB article refers to HA and the console output shows the 135(w) being used as an example. Would you perhaps know why then HA is supported for the 135 (w) but clustering is not?. I would have thought that two active-active 135(w) appliances could be increased to 4 in order to achieve better throughput then or am I missing something?

     

    regards

    rhys

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  • 0 in reply to rhys lloyd

    Hi Karlos,

     

    The KB article refers to HA and the console output shows the 135(w) being used as an example. Would you perhaps know why then HA is supported for the 135 (w) but clustering is not?. I would have thought that two active-active 135(w) appliances could be increased to 4 in order to achieve better throughput then or am I missing something?

     

    regards

    rhys

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  • +1 in reply to rhys lloyd

    Hello ,

    The document that you have referred was an SG appliance with default UTM9 capability.  It is HA up to support of 10 devices in a single cluster, as for Sophos XG/SFOS in Active-Active or Active-Passive with 2 devices only. 

    As for the KBA, the example taken from the device is incorrect as {W} series device is not supported for HA. We will look into it.