Did I buy the correct UniFi Dream Machine?

Networking & Firewalls
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I just went out and bought the UniFi Dream Machine SE. I did consider buying the Pro Max, but decided that the SE was properly good enough for my setup.

I have 1Gbps/1Gbps fiber, 3 APs, 3 switches and about 50 wired/wireless clients. I am planning also to use the Protect application with 5-6 cameras.

I have 4 VLANS. IPS and Ad filtering enabled.

With the above mentioned setup (cameras not yet installed) the load on the UDM SE is higher than I expected. CPU load hovers nicely around 6 to 8%, while memory load is steady around 86%. Memory load seems a bit high?

Maybe UDM is just utilizing the available memory?

I am wondering if I should swap the CE for a Pro Max, or wether I will be better of keeping the CE and spending the USD 100 i saved on a UNVR for Protect. What do you guys think?

Jase-dk

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Per their UniFi Cloud Gateways - Ubiquiti it seems fine.

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I wouldn’t change it out unless you see traffic timing out and dropped packets. I think your fine with what you have.

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I see no issues with the graph you provided. The OS will on the UDM SE will usually show about 80 to 85% memory utilized any free memory is wasted memory.

At the location I am looking at they have intrusion detected turned on. And CPU moves from say 8% to 20% based on the load on the internet. Client has fiber with 800 Mbps carved out for internet services. 5 Unifi devices (3 ap’s and two 48 port switches).

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Thanks for the feedback. I will keep the SE :slight_smile: