Determining the specification of the virtual machine

To determine the specification of the virtual machine:

1. Choose one of the tables below that corresponds to your operating system and hypervisor.
2. In the first column of the table, select the appropriate combination of protection technologies.
3. 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.

4. 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).

The tables below list KSMG performance figures:

• Rocky Linux OS, VMware ESXi 8 Update 3 hypervisor
• RED OS, VMware ESXi 8 Update 3 or "Brest" 3.3.1 hypervisor

  KSMG performance on Rocky Linux OS, VMware ESXi 8 Update 3 hypervisor

  Virtual machine parameters	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 of protection technologies	Performance (MPS – messages per second; MPH – messages per hour; MPD – messages per day)
  Anti-Virus	304 MPS 711,000 MPH 9,190,000 MPD	457 MPS 1,069,000 MPH 13,820,000 MPH	609 MPS 1,425,000 MPH 1,842,000 MPD	552 MPS 1,291,000 MPH 16,690,000 MPD	828 MPS 1,937,000 MPH 25,040,000 MPD	1104 MPS 2,583,000 MPH 33,380,000 MPD
  Anti-Virus Content filtering: Search by file type	253 MPS 592,000 MPH 7,650,000 MPD	380 MPS 889,000 MPH 11,490,000 MPD	507 MPS 1,186,000 MPH 15,330,000 MPD	360 MPS 842,000 MPH 10,890,000 MPD	540 MPS 1,263,000 MPH 16,330,000 MPD	720 MPS 1,684,000 MPH 21,770,000 MPD
  Anti-Virus Content filtering: 100 regular expressions and search by file type	62 MPS 145,000 MPH 1,870,000 MPD	93 MPS 217,000 MPH 2,810,000 MPD	124 MPS 290,000 MPH 3,750,000 MPD	116 MPS 271,000 MPH 3,510,000 MPD	170 MPS 397,000 MPH 5,140,000 MPD	226 MPS 528,000 MPH 6,830,000 MPD
  Anti-Virus Content filtering: 1000 regular expressions and search by file type	47 MPS 109,000 MPH 1,420,000 MPD	70 MPS 163,000 MPH 2,120,000 MPD	93 MPS 217,000 MPH 2,810,000 MPD	89 MPS 208,000 MPH 2,690,000 MPD	133 MPS 311,000 MPH 4,020,000 MPD	177 MPS 414,000 MPH 5,350,000 MPD
  Anti-Virus Link scanning KATA protection Content filtering: Search by file type 100 regular expressions and search by file type	59 MPS 138,000 MPH 1,780,000 MPD	90 MPS 210,000 MPH 2,720,000 MPD	120 MPS 280,000 MPH 3,630,000 MPD	108 MPS 252,000 MPH 3,270,000 MPD	161 MPS 376,000 MPH 4,870,000 MPD	215 MPS 503,000 MPH 6,500,000 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 156,000 MPH 2,030,000 MPD	89 MPS 208,000 MPH 2,690,000 MPD	85 MPS 198,000 MPH 2,570,000 MPD	130 MPS 304,000 MPH 3,930,000 MPD	173 MPS 404,000 MPH 5,230,000 MPD
  Anti-Spam Message authentication	77 MPS 180,000 MPH 2,330,000 MPD	114 MPS 266,000 MPH 3,450,000 MPD	152 MPS 355,000 MPH 4,600,000 MPD	142 MPS 332,000 MPH 4,290,000 MPD	212 MPS 496,000 MPH 6,410,000 MPD	283 MPS 662,000 MPH 8,560,000 MPD
  Anti-Spam Anti-Phishing Message authentication	76 MPS 177,000 MPH 2,300,000 MPD	114 MPS 266,000 MPH 3,450,000 MPD	152 MPS 355,000 MPH 4,600,000 MPD	139 MPS 325,000 MPH 4,200,000 MPD	215 MPS 503,000 MPH 6,500,000 MPD	287 MPS 671,000 MPH 8,680,000 MPD
  Anti-Spam Anti-Phishing KATA protection Message authentication Content filtering: Search by file type 100 regular expressions and search by file type	67 MPS 156,000 MPH 2,030,000 MPD	102 MPS 238,000 MPH 3,080,000 MPD	136 MPS 318,000 MPH 4,110,000 MPD	120 MPS 280,000 MPH 3,630,000 MPD	187 MPS 437,000 MPH 5,650,000 MPD	249 MPS 582,000 MPH 7,530,000 MPD
  Anti-Spam Anti-Phishing KATA protection Message authentication Content filtering: 1000 regular expressions and search by file type	50 MPS 117,000 MPH 1,510,000 MPD	76 MPS 177,000 MPH 2,300,000 MPD	101 MPS 236,000 MPH 3,050,000 MPD	94 MPS 219,000 MPH 2,840,000 MPD	141 MPS 329,000 MPH 4,260,000 MPD	189 MPS 442,000 MPH 5,720,000 MPD
  Anti-Virus Anti-Spam Anti-Phishing Link scanning Message authentication	65 MPS 152,000 MPH 1,970,000 MPD	96 MPS 224,000 MPH 2,900,000 MPD	128 MPS 299,000 MPH 3,870,000 MPD	121 MPS 283,000 MPH 3,660,000 MPD	175 MPS 409,000 MPH 5,290,000 MPD	234 MPS 547,000 MPH 7,080,000 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	58 MPS 135,000 MPH 1,750,000 MPD	87 MPS 203,000 MPH 2,630,000 MPD	117 MPS 273,000 MPH 3,540,000 MPD	109 MPS 255,000 MPH 3,300,000 MPD	161 MPS 376,000 MPH 4,870,000 MPD	215 MPS 503,000 MPH 6,500,000 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 156,000 MPH 2,030,000 MPD	89 MPS 208,000 MPH 2,690,000 MPD	84 MPS 196,000 MPH 2,540,000 MPD	127 MPS 297,000 MPH 3,840,000 MPD	170 MPS 397,000 MPH 5,140,000 MPD

  KSMG performance on RED OS, VMware ESXi 8 Update 3 or "Brest" 3.3.1 hypervisor

  Virtual machine settings	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 of protection technologies	Performance (MPS – messages per second; MPH – messages per hour; MPD – messages per day)
  Anti-Virus	301 MPS 704,000 MPH 9,100,000 MPD	451 MPS 1,055,000 MPH 13,640,000 MPH	602 MPS 1,408,000 MPH 18,200,000 MPD	533 MPS 1,247,000 MPH 16,120,000 MPD	799 MPS 1,869,000 MPH 24,160,000 MPD	1066 MPS 2,494,000 MPH 32,240,000 MPD
  Anti-Virus Content filtering: Search by file type	246 MPS 575,000 MPH 7,440,000 MPD	369 MPS 863,000 MPH 11,160,000 MPD	492 MPS 1,151,000 MPH 14,880,000 MPD	349 MPS 816,000 MPH 10,550,000 MPD	523 MPS 1,223,000 MPH 15,820,000 MPD	698 MPS 1,633,000 MPH 21,110,000 MPD
  Anti-Virus Content filtering: 100 regular expressions and search by file type	59 MPS 138,000 MPH 1,780,000 MPD	87 MPS 203,000 MPH 2,630,000 MPD	116 MPS 271,000 MPH 3,510,000 MPD	113 MPS 264,000 MPH 3,420,000 MPD	166 MPS 388,000 MPH 5,020,000 MPD	222 MPS 519,000 MPH 6,710,000 MPD
  Anti-Virus Content filtering: 1000 regular expressions and search by file type	44 MPS 102,000 MPH 1,330,000 MPD	66 MPS 154,000 MPH 2,000,000 MPD	89 MPS 208,000 MPH 2,690,000 MPD	88 MPS 205,000 MPH 2,660,000 MPD	128 MPS 299,000 MPH 3,870,000 MPD	171 MPS 400,000 MPH 5,170,000 MPD
  Anti-Virus Link scanning KATA protection Content filtering: Search by file type 100 regular expressions and search by file type	54 MPS 126,000 MPH 1,630,000 MPD	84 MPS 196,000 MPH 2,540,000 MPD	112 MPS 262,000 MPH 3,390,000 MPD	106 MPS 248,000 MPH 3,210,000 MPD	157 MPS 367,000 MPH 4,750,000 MPD	210 MPS 491,000 MPH 6,350,000 MPD
  Anti-Virus Link scanning KATA protection Content filtering: 1000 regular expressions and search by file type	43 MPS 100,000 MPH 1,300,000 MPD	64 MPS 149,000 MPH 1,940,000 MPD	85 MPS 198,000 MPH 2,570,000 MPD	84 MPS 196,000 MPH 2,540,000 MPD	125 MPS 292,000 MPH 3,780,000 MPD	167 MPS 390,000 MPH 5,050,000 MPD
  Anti-Spam Message authentication	71 MPS 166,000 MPH 2,150,000 MPD	104 MPS 243,000 MPH 3,140,000 MPD	139 MPS 325,000 MPH 4,200,000 MPD	137 MPS 320,000 MPH 4,140,000 MPD	201 MPS 470,000 MPH 6,080,000 MPD	268 MPS 627,000 MPH 8,100,000 MPD
  Anti-Spam Anti-Phishing Message authentication	70 MPS 163,000 MPH 2,120,000 MPD	104 MPS 243,000 MPH 3,140,000 MPD	139 MPS 325,000 MPH 4,200,000 MPD	136 MPS 318,000 MPH 4,110,000 MPD	201 MPS 470,000 MPH 6,080,000 MPD	268 MPS 627,000 MPH 8,100,000 MPD
  Anti-Spam Anti-Phishing KATA protection Message authentication Content filtering: Search by file type 100 regular expressions and search by file type	62 MPS 145,000 MPH 1,870,000 MPD	96 MPS 224,000 MPH 2,900,000 MPD	128 MPS 299,000 MPH 3,870,000 MPD	120 MPS 280,000 MPH 3,630,000 MPD	175 MPS 409,000 MPH 5,290,000 MPD	233 MPS 545,000 MPH 7,050,000 MPD
  Anti-Spam Anti-Phishing KATA protection Message authentication Content filtering: 1000 regular expressions and search by file type	47 MPS 109,000 MPH 1,420,000 MPD	69 MPS 161,000 MPH 2,090,000 MPD	93 MPS 217,000 MPH 2,810,000 MPD	92 MPS 215,000 MPH 2,780,000 MPD	137 MPS 320,000 MPH 4,140,000 MPD	183 MPS 428,000 MPH 5,530,000 MPD
  Anti-Virus Anti-Spam Anti-Phishing Link scanning Message authentication	61 MPS 142,000 MPH 1,840,000 MPD	90 MPS 210,000 MPH 2,720,000 MPD	120 MPS 280,000 MPH 3,630,000 MPD	114 MPS 266,000 MPH 3,450,000 MPD	178 MPS 416,000 MPH 5,380,000 MPD	237 MPS 554,000 MPH 7,170,000 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	55 MPS 128,000 MPH 1,660,000 MPD	84 MPS 196,000 MPH 2,540,000 MPD	112 MPS 262,000 MPH 3,390,000 MPD	105 MPS 245,000 MPH 3,180,000 MPD	154 MPS 360,000 MPH 4,660,000 MPD	206 MPS 482,000 MPH 6,230,000 MPD
  Anti-Virus Anti-Spam Anti-Phishing Link scanning KATA protection Message authentication Content filtering: 1000 regular expressions and search by file type	42 MPS 98,000 MPH 1,270,000 MPD	64 MPS 149,000 MPH 1,940,000 MPD	85 MPS 198,000 MPH 2,570,000 MPD	84 MPS 196,000 MPH 2,540,000 MPD	122 MPS 285,000 MPH 3,690,000 MPD	163 MPS 381,000 MPH 4,930,000 MPD

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