Plixer Scrutinizer core system

This section covers the resource requirements to support the Plixer Scrutinizer core product.

Standalone deployments

The following tables show the recommended CPU core count and RAM allocations for a standalone Plixer Scrutinizer Collector with only its main functions enabled (flow collection, aggregation, reporting, and the web interface).

CPU cores

		Exporters
		5	25	50	100	200	300	400	500
Flows/s	5k	4
	10k		8
	20k			16
	50k				32
	75k					46
	100k						52
	125k							58
	150k								64

Memory/RAM (GB)

		Exporters
		5	25	50	100	200	300	400	500
Flows/s	5k	8
	10k		16
	20k			32
	50k				64
	75k					96
	100k						128
	125k							160
	150k								192

Distributed clusters (reporting Collector only)

In distributed Plixer Scrutinizer environments, additional load is placed on the reporting server based on the number of Collectors in the cluster.

The following table shows the additional resources required to support the added load:

	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	2x the number of Collectors in the cluster	4x the number of Collectors in the cluster
RAM	2 GB per server in the cluster	4 GB per Collectors in the cluster