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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==


Many virtual appliances are available as OVF template for easy deployment on any virtual infrastructure. In such case, you only have to check for available resources such as host and datastore. These are the properties of the vitual machines after deployment.
InfiniStream virtual appliances are build from OVF.
 
These are the properties of the vitual machines immediately after deployment.


== Solution ==
== Solution ==


=== Flow collector (VI3300) ===
=== nGenius Flow Collector Virtual Appliance ===


{| style="width: 500px" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 500px"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Virtual Hardware
! scope="col" | Virtual Hardware
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|-
|-
| Memory
| Memory
| 8192MB
| 8 GB
|-
|-
| Hard Disk 1
| Hard Disk 1
| 50GB
| 50 GB (Thick Provisioned)
|-
|-
| Hard Disk 2
| Hard Disk 2
| <absent>
| (*)
|-
| Hard Disk 3
| <absent>
|-
|-
| Network adapter 1
| Network adapter 1
| E1000
| E1000
|}
(*) The size of this hard disk depends on the number of flows per second received form all flow exporting devices and the number of days you want detailed session data&nbsp;to remain available.
Use this&nbsp;table for guidance:
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 500px"
|-
! scope="col" | Flow per second (f/s)
! scope="col" | Retention
! scope="col" | Hard Disk 2 Size
|-
| 5k
| 7 d
| 200 GB
|-
| 20k
| 7 d
| 800 GB
|-
| 50k
| 7 d
| 2 TB
|-
| 5k
| 14 d
| 400 GB
|-
|-
| Network adapter 2
| 20k
| <absent>
| 14 d
| 1600 GB
|-
|-
| Network adapter 3
| 50k
| <absent>
| 14 d
| 4 TB
|}
|}
The second hard disk shall be Thick Provisioned.


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=== vSTREAM (standalone) ===
This is vSTREAM, a virtual machine dedicated for network monitoring.&nbsp; Read this article on [[vSTREAM_Embedded_resource_usage|resources used&nbsp;by vSTREAM Agent]].
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 500px"
|-
! scope="col" | Virtual Hardware
! scope="col" | Size
|-
| CPU
| 2 (#)
|-
| Memory
| 4 GB (#)
|-
| Hard Disk 1
| 32 GB (Thick Provisioned)
|-
| Hard Disk 2
| ($)
|-
| Network adapter 1
| VMXNET3
|}
(#) We deploy vSTREAM with two interfaces for monitoring.
($) The size of the second hard disk that will serve as data store, is configurable during ovf deployment.
The size of this hard disk depends on the expected traffic volume and how long you want packets to be available; it should not be less than 100GB.

Latest revision as of 09:19, 2 November 2019

Introduction

InfiniStream virtual appliances are build from OVF.

These are the properties of the vitual machines immediately after deployment.

Solution

nGenius Flow Collector Virtual Appliance

Virtual Hardware Size
CPU 8
Memory 8 GB
Hard Disk 1 50 GB (Thick Provisioned)
Hard Disk 2 (*)
Network adapter 1 E1000

(*) The size of this hard disk depends on the number of flows per second received form all flow exporting devices and the number of days you want detailed session data to remain available.

Use this table for guidance:

Flow per second (f/s) Retention Hard Disk 2 Size
5k 7 d 200 GB
20k 7 d 800 GB
50k 7 d 2 TB
5k 14 d 400 GB
20k 14 d 1600 GB
50k 14 d 4 TB

The second hard disk shall be Thick Provisioned.

 

vSTREAM (standalone)

This is vSTREAM, a virtual machine dedicated for network monitoring.  Read this article on resources used by vSTREAM Agent.

Virtual Hardware Size
CPU 2 (#)
Memory 4 GB (#)
Hard Disk 1 32 GB (Thick Provisioned)
Hard Disk 2 ($)
Network adapter 1 VMXNET3

(#) We deploy vSTREAM with two interfaces for monitoring.

($) The size of the second hard disk that will serve as data store, is configurable during ovf deployment.

The size of this hard disk depends on the expected traffic volume and how long you want packets to be available; it should not be less than 100GB.