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.