Your network's outgrown the box that was fine three years ago. Encrypted traffic, cloud apps, a user base that keeps climbing — and your current firewall's choking under the load. The Sophos XGS 8500 pushes 190Gbps of firewall throughput and 92.5Gbps of threat protection without breaking a sweat. You get 8 gigabit copper ports, 12 SFP+ 10Gb fiber slots, and 2 QSFP28 cages (up to 100GbE) built straight in. The Xstream Flow processor handles encrypted inspection off the main CPU, so your traffic doesn't queue up. Dual SSD with hardware RAID means no single storage failure takes you down. Two hot-swap power supplies keep you running if one dies mid-shift. Need more density? Flexi Port slots take you to 70 ports. Transceivers sold separately — tell us what's on the other end and we'll spec the right ones. Add to cart
| brand | SOPHOS |
| model | XGS 8500 |
| form_factor | 2U Rackmount |
| firewall_throughput_gbps | 190 |
| threat_protection_gbps | 92.5 |
| ipsec_vpn_gbps | 141 |
| tls_inspection_gbps | 24 |
| ips_gbps | 93 |
| ngfw_gbps | 76 |
| latency_64byte_udp_us | 5.5 |
| ethernet_fixed_copper | 8x GE |
| ethernet_fixed_fiber_sfp_plus | 12x 10GE SFP+ |
| ethernet_fixed_qsfp28 | 2x QSFP28 (10/25/40/50/100GE) |
| management_ports | 1x RJ45, 1x COM RJ45, 1x COM Micro-USB |
| usb_front | 2x USB 3.0 |
| bypass_port_pairs | 2 |
| max_port_density_with_modules | 70 |
| power_supply | 2x hot-swap internal |
| storage | Dual SSD, HW RAID built into CPU |
| category | NETWORK - SECURITY UTM |
| subcategory | FIREWALLS & NETWORK SECURITY |
| rrp_aud | 82568 |