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The following tables provide suggested system requirements based on on-premises gateway performance test results.

VMware Installation (with 100% HTTPS traffic model)

Number of vCPU Cores
RAM
Feature Set
Network Throughput
HTTP Transactions per Second
Recommended Total User Number
12
16 GB
Cloud Access Rules only
440 Mbps
3,400
7,300
12
16 GB
Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection
280 Mbps
2,100
4,900
12
16 GB
Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection and Data Loss Prevention
280 Mbps
2,100
4,900
48
64 GB
Cloud Access Rules only
680 Mbps
5,100
11,400
48
64 GB
Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection
680 Mbps
5,100
11,400
48
64 GB
Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection and Data Loss Prevention
620 Mbps
4,700
10,400

VMware Installation (with 20% HTTP and 80% HTTPS traffic model)

Number of vCPU Cores
RAM
Feature Set
Network Throughput
HTTP Transactions per Second
Recommended Total User Number
12
16 GB
Cloud Access Rules only
450 Mbps
3,400
7,700
12
16 GB
Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection
320 Mbps
2,400
4,900
12
16 GB
Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection and Data Loss Prevention
320 Mbps
2,400
4,900
48
64 GB
Cloud Access Rules only
690 Mbps
5,200
11,600
48
64 GB
Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection
690 Mbps
5,200
11,600
48
64 GB
Cloud Access Rules with Threat Protection and Data Loss Prevention
630 Mbps
4,800
10,600
Note
Note
  • 10 Data Loss Prevention templates were enabled and used.
  • The performance indexes dropped about 5% when syslog forwarding was enabled.

Disk Size Estimates

Total User Number
Log Retention Time
Recommended Disk Size
5,000
30 days
800 GB
7,500
30 days
1,125 GB
10,500
30 days
1,515 GB
11,500
30 days
1,645 GB
5,000
180 days
4,050 GB
7,500
180 days
6,000 GB
10,500
180 days
8,340 GB
11,500
180 days
9,120 GB
Note
Note
The TMWS on-premises gateway keeps logs for up to 180 days. The system will automatically purge logs if disk usage exceeds 80%.