Determining the specification of the virtual machine
10 July 2024
ID 273579
To determine the specification of the virtual machine:
- In the first column of the table below, select the appropriate combination of protection technologies.
- In the row of the combination of protection technologies that you need, find the cells with the appropriate number of messages to be processed, taking into account the extra performance you want to provision as a safety factor and your chosen unit of measurement for the traffic volume, that is, the number of messages per second, per hour, or per day.
The cells contain approximate values of the peak performance of the application.
- By referring to the column with the satisfactory number of processed messages, you can find out the specification of the virtual machine that you need in the table header.
If multiple virtual machine specifications are suitable for you, we recommend choosing the configuration with the lowest number of virtual CPUs (vCPUs). It is better to have 2 virtual CPUs at 80% utilization than 8 virtual CPUs at 20% utilization.
The number of simultaneous email traffic processing threads is indicated under the virtual machine specification. When configuring the application, you must apply this setting on each node.
If you require more performance than the table suggests, please contact Kaspersky Technical Support.
We do not recommend using more virtual CPUs than you have physical cores in a single CPU installed in your virtualization server.
If the cluster is comprised of two or more nodes, we recommend putting the virtual machines on virtualization servers whose characteristics are identical.
The actual performance of the application may deviate from the figures in tables. The deviation may be caused by the peculiarities of the infrastructure and mail traffic of your organization, for example: the virtualization technology you are using, your hardware, the number and complexity of Content Filtering regular expressions, the size of individual messages being processed, and the presence of composite attachments (such as archives or office documents).
Application performance
Virtual machine
| 2 nodes, 8 vCPUs and 16 GB RAM each | 3 nodes, 8 vCPUs and 16 GB RAM each | 4 nodes, 8 vCPUs and 16 GB RAM each | 2 nodes, 16 vCPUs and 20 GB RAM each | 3 nodes, 16 vCPUs and 20 GB RAM each | 4 nodes, 16 vCPUs and 20 GB RAM each |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 traffic processing threads | 32 traffic processing threads | |||||
Combination | Performance | |||||
Anti-Virus | 223 MPS 522,000 MPH 6,740,000 MPD | 327 MPS 765,000 MPH 9,890,000 MPH | 431 MPS 1,009,000 MPH 13,030,000 MPD | 418 MPS 978,000 MPH 12,640,000 MPD | 619 MPS 1,448,000 MPH 18,720,000 MPD | 820 MPS 1,919,000 MPH 24,800,000 MPD |
• Anti-Virus • Content Filtering Search by file type | 187 MPS 438,000 MPH 5,650,000 MPD | 278 MPS 651,000 MPH 8,410,000 MPD | 369 MPS 863,000 MPH 11,160,000 MPD | 288 MPS 674,000 MPH 8,710,000 MPD | 428 MPS 1,001,000 MPH 12,940,000 MPD | 573 MPS 1,340,000 MPH 17,320,000 MPD |
• Anti-Virus • Content Filtering 100 regular expressions and search by file type | 57 MPS 133,000 MPH 1,720,000 MPD | 83 MPS 194,000 MPH 2,510,000 MPD | 109 MPS 255,000 MPH 3,300,000 MPD | 115 MPS 269,000 MPH 3,480,000 MPD | 171 MPS 400,000 MPH 5,170,000 MPD | 229 MPS 536,000 MPH 6,930,000 MPD |
• Anti-Virus • Content Filtering 1000 regular expressions and search by file type | 46 MPS 108,000 MPH 1,390,000 MPD | 68 MPS 159,000 MPH 2,060,000 MPD | 90 MPS 211,000 MPH 2,720,000 MPD | 90 MPS 211,000 MPH 2,720,000 MPD | 136 MPS 318,000 MPH 4,100,000 MPD | 182 MPS 425,000 MPH 5,490,000 MPD |
• Anti-Virus • Link scanning • KATA protection • Content Filtering Search by file type 100 regular expressions and search by file type | 61 MPS 143,000 MPH 1,840,000 MPD | 91 MPS 213,000 MPH 2,750,000 MPD | 121 MPS 283,000 MPH 3,660,000 MPD | 116 MPS 271,000 MPH 3,510,000 MPD | 171 MPS 400,000 MPH 5,170,000 MPD | 229 MPS 536,000 MPH 6,930,000 MPD |
• Anti-Virus • Link scanning • KATA protection • Content Filtering 1000 regular expressions and search by file type | 45 MPS 105,000 MPH 1,360,000 MPD | 67 MPS 157,000 MPH 2,030,000 MPD | 89 MPS 208,000 MPH 2,690,000 MPD | 88 MPS 206,000 MPH 2,660,000 MPD | 130 MPS 304,000 MPH 3,930,000 MPD | 174 MPS 407,000 MPH 5,260,000 MPD |
• Anti-Spam • Message authentication | 79 MPS 185,000 MPH 2,390,000 MPD | 117 MPS 274,000 MPH 3,540,000 MPD | 155 MPS 363,000 MPH 4,690,000 MPD | 158 MPS 370,000 MPH 4,780,000 MPD | 236 MPS 552,000 MPH 7,140,000 MPD | 316 MPS 739,000 MPH 9,560,000 MPD |
• Anti-Spam • Anti-Phishing • Message authentication | 79 MPS 185,000 MPH 2,390,000 MPD | 117 MPS 274,000 MPH 3,540,000 MPD | 155 MPS 363,000 MPH 4,690,000 MPD | 158 MPS 370,000 MPH 4,780,000 MPD | 233 MPS 545,000 MPH 7,050,000 MPD | 312 MPS 730,000 MPH 9,440,000 MPD |
• Anti-Spam • Anti-Phishing • KATA protection • Message authentication • Content Filtering • Search by file type 100 regular expressions and search by file type | 73 MPS 171,000 MPH 2,210,000 MPD | 108 MPS 253,000 MPH 3,270,000 MPD | 143 MPS 335,000 MPH 4,320,000 MPD | 144 MPS 337,000 MPH 4,350,000 MPD | 215 MPS 504,000 MPH 6,510,000 MPD | 288 MPS 675,000 MPH 8,720,000 MPD |
• Anti-Spam • Anti-Phishing • KATA protection • Message authentication • Content Filtering 1000 regular expressions and search by file type | 53 MPS 124,000 MPH 1,600,000 MPD | 79 MPS 185,000 MPH 2,390,000 MPD | 105 MPS 246,000 MPH 3,180,000 MPD | 105 MPS 246,000 MPH 3,180,000 MPD | 153 MPS 359,000 MPH 4,640,000 MPD | 205 MPS 481,000 MPH 6,210,000 MPD |
• Anti-Virus • Anti-Spam • Anti-Phishing • Link scanning • Message authentication | 61 MPS 143,000 MPH 1,840,000 MPD | 90 MPS 211,000 MPH 2,720,000 MPD | 119 MPS 278,000 MPH 3,600,000 MPD | 123 MPS 288,000 MPH 3,720,000 MPD | 183 MPS 428,000 MPH 5,530,000 MPD | 245 MPS 573,000 MPH 7,410,000 MPD |
• Anti-Virus • Anti-Spam • Anti-Phishing • Link scanning • KATA protection • Message authentication • Content Filtering • Search by file type 100 regular expressions and search by file type | 57,000 MPS 133,000 MPH 1,720,000 MPD | 84 MPS 197,000 MPH 2,540,000 MPD | 111 MPS 260,000 MPH 3,360,000 MPD | 116 MPS 271,000 MPH 3,510,000 MPD | 171 MPS 400,000 MPH 5,170,000 MPD | 229 MPS 536,000 MPH 6,930,000 MPD |
• Anti-Virus • Anti-Spam • Anti-Phishing • Link scanning • KATA protection • Message authentication • Content Filtering 1000 regular expressions and search by file type | 45 MPS 105,000 MPH 1,360,000 MPD | 67 MPS 157,000 MPH 2,030,000 MPD | 89 MPS 208,000 MPH 2,690,000 MPD | 88 MPS 206,000 MPH 2,660,000 MPD | 130 MPS 304,000 MPH 3,930,000 MPD | 174 MPS 407,000 MPH 5,260,000 MPD |
