Sizing an ASM appliance

Hi Jmanya, the ASM is just an additional module added to your LTM. But this module needs lots of processing power as it does L7 filtering / inspection.

 

 

Main point to consider is the load received by the appliance. Under heavy load, smaller boxes will max on CPU even though the throughput is below the box limitation.

 

 

I recommend running a trail version of the ASM and perform a load test on your site. That should give you an idea of the resources used.

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

 

Thanks

 

Santosh.