Due to the nature of packet analysis and granular drill-down reporting features, Sensei requires more horsepower than a standard L3-L4 firewall.
Sensei requires at least 2 GB of memory. Installer will not continue if you have less than 2 GB of RAM
Support for low-end devices shippped with Sensei 1.1 release, following table has been updated to reflect the latest hardware requirements (November 9, 2019)
CPU & Memory
Because the analytics module relies on Elastic Search to do Big Data processing, amount of the memory available in the system is crucial for the performance of the whole product.
At least dual-core (i3 and equivalent) or preferably quad-core modern CPU (i5 and equivalent) would be advisable.
If the number of devices are more than 250 and WAN bandwidth is higher than 100 Mbps we do not recommend deploying as a virtual guest, since resources in virtual environments are generally shared between guest systems.
Recommended minimum hardware requirements for Sensei based on the number of devices and the bandwidth:
|
# Devices (*) |
Max WAN Bandwith |
Min. Memory |
Minimum CPU |
|
0 - 25 |
50 Mbps |
4 GB |
A Dual-core CPU (x86_64 compatible, single core passmark score of 200) Note: Deciso A10s and AMD G-SERIES SOC GX Series are compatible |
|
25-50 |
150 Mbps |
4 GB |
Intel Dual-Core i3 2.0 GHz (2 Cores, 4 Threads) or equivalent |
|
50-100 |
200 Mbps |
8 GB |
Intel Dual-Core i5 2.2 GHz (2 Cores, 4 Threads) or equivalent |
|
100-250 |
300 Mbps |
16 GB |
Intel Dual-Core i5 3.20 GHz (2 Cores, 4 Threads) or equivalent |
|
250-1000 |
500 Mbps |
32 GB |
Intel Quad-Core i7 3.40 GHz (4 Cores, 8 Threads) or equivalent |