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nicoms
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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 8...
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Dario_Garrido
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Nov 08, 2020

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.