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Nov 05, 2020

Big IP virtual edition hardware specification

Hello

 

i am running big ip VE 12.1.3, i found hardware specs on https://clouddocs.f5.com/cloud/public/v1/hyperv/hyperv_setup.html, but i don't know if there is a maximum specs for a vm?

I use 8vcpu/16Gb RAM and i have some latence, could I use 16vcpu/32Gb RAM?

 

best regards

Nicolas

  • Hello Nicolas.

     

    These are the only options you have for deplying VM:

     

    Cores - Memory

    1 - 2 Gb

    2 - 4 Gb

    4 - 8 Gb

    8 - 16 Gb

     

    If you assign more cores after that, those cores will be used only for management (control-plane), not for traffic (data-plane).

     

    Your options are:

    • Split your single VM into several instances.
    • Analyze carefully if your performance issues come for a cpu/memory limitation.
    • Move to a physical instance.

     

    Regards,

    Dario.

  • Hello Nicolas,

     

    I just want to add, that though there is restriction and maximum you can set is 8 Cores, this is based on throughput licensing. But if that is not enough for you, you can switch to High-Performace licensing, where there is no throughput limitation and licensing is done solely by vCPU cores. Then you can assign maximum of 24 cores to your VE appliance.

     

    // Giorgi

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    Hello Dario & Giorgi,

     

    thanks for your answers.

     

    best regards,

    Nicolas