Recommended Instance Type and Size
The following table lists the recommended instance type and size per V Series node for the components.
Component |
Instance Type/Size |
GigaVUE-FM |
m4.xlarge |
G-vTAP Agent |
t2.micro |
G-vTAP/V-Series Controller |
t2.micro Note: t2.nano instance type is not supported |
GigaVUE® V Series nodes |
Table 2: Recommended Instance Types AWS Traffic Mirroring lists the instance type and size if the GigaVUE V Series node just receives and tunnels the traffic out. Note: C5.large is the recommended instance type if the total mirrored traffic from targets is around 1.5Gbps. Table 3: Recommended Instance Types with GigaSMART Applications Running lists the instance type and size if the GigaVUE V Series node has application running on it. Note: C5.Xlarge or C5.2Xlarge instances are the recommended instance types if applications are being used. C5.Xlarge can handle around 1Gbps of masked traffic (with 79% CPU utilization) and C5.2xlarge can handle 1Gbps (with 40-50% CPU utilization). |
Table 2: Recommended Instance Types AWS Traffic Mirroring
Instance Type |
Throughput (Packets per second) |
Throughput (Mbps) |
Framelength (bytes) |
c4.large |
54308 |
602 |
1454 |
c4.xlarge |
71110 |
788 |
1454 |
c4.2xlarge |
175302 |
1944 |
1454 |
c4.4xlarge |
260564 |
2890 |
1454 |
c5.large |
270500 |
2900 |
1454 |
c5.xlarge |
292297 |
3400 |
1454 |
c5.2xlarge |
309491 |
3600 |
1454 |
Table 3: Recommended Instance Types with GigaSMART Applications Running
Instance Type |
Throughput (Packets per second) |
Throughput (Mbps) |
Framelength (bytes) |
c4.large |
29372 |
325 |
1454 |
c4.xlarge |
37736 |
418 |
1454 |
c4.2xlarge |
145901 |
1618 |
1454 |
c4.4xlarge |
169012 |
1874 |
1454 |
c5.large |
54160 |
630 |
1454 |
c5.xlarge |
104023 |
1010 |
1454 |
c5.2xlarge |
206320 |
2400 |
1454 |