Big IP virtual edition hardware specification

[nicoms]

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

[Dario_Garrido]

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.

[Giorgi_Gujabidz]

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

[nicoms]

Hello Dario & Giorgi,

thanks for your answers.

best regards,

Nicolas