Sophos XG Home (free version) to upgrade to faster VM

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After using the home free version for a month or so I have a Gigabit internet link and know that the VM I am running can handle Gigabit internet speeds but the XG home edition is limited on how much data can transfer through (meaning im not getting the bandwidth im paid for as fw is not allowing to do so. I would like to upgrade to get it "unlocked" or install a new XG image again but buy the license to get more processors and or ram to allow the gigabit speeds. Any ideas what is needed? 
 
 Thanks in advance! 
 
 John

rfcat_vk · Answer

Hi, 
 the home edition can handle gigabit connections. You have assigned and locked/committed 4 realtors,6gb of ram and using INTEL or similar NICs? The current version of XG only assigned one per download. You need to disable CPU idle so that the cores are running reasonable fast. If you wish to see high throughput try running a couple of downloads on your existing configuration while reviewing the CPU load of the XG. A single download will not cause a CPU to ramp up if the minimum speed is set to low hence the poor throughput you are experiencing. 
 Upgrading to a licence copy (commercial) will not gain you any performance improvements to do that you need to tune the VM and the XG IPS etc. 
 Ian

Sophos XG Home (free version) to upgrade to faster VM

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