Edge router VM Sizing
Ensuring the right size of CPU, Memory and NIC or proper EC2/VM instance is important when
setting up the Edge Router to handle the amount of traffic estimated.
OnPremise environments
Target performance | VM specification | Supported interface configurations | |
LOW-MED | • 100 Simultaneous Data Sessions • 100-200 Mbps Throughput | • CPU Cores: 4 • Memory RAM: 4 GBytes • Disk Storage: 30 GBytes | • Single LAN/WAN interface • 1 LAN + 1 WAN interfaces • 1 LAN + 2 WAN interfaces |
MED | • 500 Simultaneous Data Sessions • 500 Mbps Throughput | • CPU Cores: 8 • Memory RAM: 6 GBytes • Disk Storage: 50 GBytes | • 1 LAN + 1 WAN interfaces • 1 LAN + 2 WAN interfaces |
HIGH | • 1000+ Simultaneous Data Sessions • 500+ Mbps Throughput | • CPU Cores: 10 • Memory RAM: 8 GBytes • Disk Storage: 100 GBytes | • 1 LAN + 1 WAN interfaces • 1 LAN + 2 WAN interfaces |
Amazon Web Service (AWS)
Target performance | Instance name | Supported interface configurations | |
LOW-MED | • 100 Simultaneous Data Sessions • 100-300 Mbs Throughput | c6.large | Single LAN/WAN interface |
MED | • 500 Simultaneous Data Sessions • 500 Mbs Throughput | c6.xlarge | Single LAN/WAN interface |
HIGH | • 1000+ Simultaneous Data Sessions • 500+ Mbps Throughput | c6.2xlarge | Single LAN/WAN interface |
Microsoft Azure
Target performance | Instance name | Supported interface configurations | |
LOW-MED | • 100 Simultaneous Data Sessions • 100-300 Mbs Throughput | Standard_F2s_v2 | Single LAN/WAN interface |
MED | • 500 Simultaneous Data Sessions • 500 Mbs Throughput | Standard_F4s_v2 | Single LAN/WAN interface |
HIGH | • 1000+ Simultaneous Data Sessions • 500+ Mbps Throughput | Standard_F8s_v2 | Single LAN/WAN interface |
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Target performance | Instance name | Supported interface configurations | |
LOW-MED | • 100 Simultaneous Data Sessions • 100-300 Mbs Throughput | e2-standard-2 | Single LAN/WAN interface |
MED | • 500 Simultaneous Data Sessions • 500 Mbs Throughput | e2-standard-4 | Single LAN/WAN interface |
HIGH | • 1000+ Simultaneous Data Sessions • 500+ Mbps Throughput | e2-standard-8 | Single LAN/WAN interface |
For other architectures, check out the official NetFoundry documentation.
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