.. _reference-arbitrator-consolidation-sizing:

Arbitrator Correlation Consolidation VM Sizing Specifications
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Arbitrator Correlation Consolidation recommended option:


.. tabularcolumns:: |p{1cm}|p{1cm}|p{1.5cm}|p{1.5cm}|p{5cm}|p{1.5cm}|

+--------+-------+--------+---------+-----------+---------+
| Cores  | CPU   | Memory | Storage | Storage   |         |
| (vCPU) | Spec  | (Gb)   | (Gb)    | Spec      | Network |
|        | (Ghz) |        |         |           |         |
+========+=======+========+=========+===========+=========+
|        |       |        |         | SSD       |         |
|        |       |        |         | preferred |         |
|        |       |        |         |           |         |
|        |       |        |         | Thick     |         |
|        |       |        |         | Eager     |         |
| 16     | 2,8   | 128    | 1000    | Zero      | 1GB     |
|        |       |        |         |           |         |
|        |       |        |         | 15k HDD   |         |
|        |       |        |         |           |         |
|        |       |        |         | 1500 IOPS |         |
+--------+-------+--------+---------+-----------+---------+

Scalability questions to consider:

* Number of devices      
* Number of flows per second        
* Storage retention Period       
* Local attached storage and not Network attached     

Notes:

* The CPU an RAM needs to be reserved a
  top priority (all the cores and memory)   
* Bandwidth between devices an Arbitrator
  needs to capable of data flows