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New to Sophos - XG or SG?

Jeff Crist

New to Sophos and need a firewall for a small business that has pretty simple network usage (web browsing & email and Exchange is hosted in cloud - no VPN or anything like that needed).

I know SG is the more "mature" product and XG is the new product.  While I'd like to avoid upgrading to XG later, I'm concerned about bugs/stability in XG.  Is it solid enough now to go with it without hesitation?



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    Hello Jeff, 

    Good one. I would suggest you try the XG home and play with it for a while before you take a decision. 

    In my opinion, XG would be the one that will suffice all the security needs you have mentioned above.

    If you could please elaborate your concerns about XG, we could have a deeper discussion.

    Regards,

  • 0 in reply to varunparikh

    My concern is BUGS.  SG has been developed much longer than XG, but I suppose XG is now one year old so wondering if it is now as stable as SG?

  • 0 in reply to Jeff Crist

    Jeff,

    every SW has bugs. The difficulty on XG at the moment is to retrieve bug list in one place. On UTM9, on Sophos website you can find a know issue list while on XG is still very confusing but Sophos Staff is improving this aspect.

    I am using XG from the beginning (v15 beta) and it is stable. As wrote, you have to test it at home or in a small environment. My XG never rebooted suddenly. 

    The right question is: if the features built-in are enough to fit your needs. Some features are still missing compared to XG.

    Test it at least for 30 days and then decide.

    I did not find so many bugs (only during beta).

    Regards