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The following tables provide suggested system requirements based on on-premises gateway performance test results.

Table 1. Bare Metal Installation

CPU

RAM

Feature Set

Network Throughput

HTTP Transactions per Second

Recommended Active User Number

4 cores, 8 threads

16 GB

Cloud Access Rules only

650 Mbps

5,100

2,200

4 cores, 8 threads

16 GB

Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection

530 Mbps

4,100

1,700

4 cores, 8 threads

16 GB

Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection and Data Loss Prevention

310 Mbps

2,300

1,000

12 cores, 24 threads

64 GB

Cloud Access Rules only

860 Mbps

6,700

2,800

12 cores, 24 threads

64 GB

Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection

760 Mbps

5,800

2,400

12 cores, 24 threads

64 GB

Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection and Data Loss Prevention

540 Mbps

4,100

1,700

Table 2. VMware Installation (ESXi 6.5 and 6.7)

Number of vCPU Cores

RAM

Feature Set

Network Throughput

HTTP Transactions per Second

Recommended Active User Number

12

32 GB

Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection

330 Mbps

2,500

1,800

Note:
  • The traffic model was 80% HTTPS traffic and 20% HTTP traffic.

  • 20 Data Loss Prevention templates were enabled and used.

  • The performance indexes dropped about 5% when syslog forwarding was enabled.

Table 3. Disk Size Estimates

Total User Number

Log Retention Time

Recommended Disk Size

1,000

30 days

275 GB

2,000

30 days

470 GB

5,000

30 days

1,055 GB

10,000

30 days

2,030 GB

Note:

The TMWS on-premises gateway keeps logs for up to 180 days. The system will automatically purge logs if disk usage exceeds 80%.