DS-9 NetFlow VM Sizing Specifications

VOSS Insights DS9 for NetFlow sizing specifications are divided into small, medium and large solutions based on tiers related to the number of flows that need to be supported.

Each solution below includes the VM specifications for both the VOSS Insights DS9 server and the VOSS Insights Dashboard server.

Small NetFlow Solution

The three small tiers in Flows per Second:

  • 1,000

  • 5,000

  • 10,000

Dashboard Server VM

DS9 NetFlow Collector VM

Cores

12

Cores

16

Memory GB

32

Memory

64

Disc Storage GB

500

Disc 1 OS in GB

250

SSD provisioned as Thick Eager Zero

Disc 2 Storage in GB

500

All Discs must be SSDs and Provisioned as Thick Eager Zero

Medium NetFlow Solution

Two medium tiers in Flows per Second:

  • > 10,000 but <= 25,000

  • > 25,000 but <= 50,000

Dashboard Server VM

DS9 NetFlow Collector

Bare Metal Server (Dell R740 or Equivalent)

Cores

16

Cores

16

CPU Needs to be Intel Gold or better.

Memory GB

64

Memory

196

Disc Storage GB

500

Disc 1 OS in GB

250

SSD provisioned as Thick Eager Zero

Disc 2 Storage in TB

1,5

Read Intensive SSDs required

Dual Intel 10GB NIC

1

Intel Quad 1GB NIC

1

iDRAC Enterprise or Equivalent

Dual Power Supplies

Large NetFlow Solution

Two large tiers in Flows per Second:

  • > 50,000 but <= 100,000

  • > 100,000 but <= 200,000

Note

The DS9 Collector requires a minimum of 2 Bare Metal Servers to collect this volume in one location.

Dashboard Server VM

DS9 NetFlow Collector

Bare Metal Server 1 (Dell R740 or Equivalent)

Cores

16

Cores

CPU Needs to be Intel Gold or better.

16

Memory GB

64

Memory

196

Disc Storage GB

500

Disc 1 OS in GB

250

SSD provisioned as Thick Eager Zero

Disc 2 Storage in TB

3

Read Intensive SSDs required

Dual Intel 10GB NIC

1

Intel Quad 1GB NIC

1

iDRAC Enterprise or Equivalent Dual Power Supplies

Dual Power Supplies

Bare Metal Server 2 (Dell R740 or Equivalent)

Cores

CPU Needs to be Intel Gold or better.

16

Memory

196

Disc 1 Storage in TB

3

Disc 2 Storage in TB

3

Disc 3 Storage in TB

3

Read Intensive SSDs required

Dual Intel 10GB NIC

1

Intel Quad 1GB NIC

1

iDRAC Enterprise or Equivalent Dual Power Supplies

Dual Power Supplies

Note

  • Larger than 200K flows per second requires special pricing and configuration.

  • Distributed DS9 collection is available. This may reduce the compute required at each collection location.