Software Sizing Tips
Sizing for the Sysdig platform depends on many factors, both within the existing infrastructure and regarding how an enterprise plans to use Sysdig products.Some things to take into consideration are:
Platform Usage - Monitor, Secure, Both
Number of Hosts - Important to know
Container Density - Important to know
Container Churn - Important to know
Metric Density - Important to know
Alert Load - Good to know
API Load - Good to know
(Number of concurrent users)
Event Load - Good to know
The Sysdig Professional Services team works with each enterprise to define platform sizing more accurately.
For a proof-of-concept environment, here are some initial guidelines: Details:
Host VM for single-node Sysdig platform deployment: 16 CPU, 32 G RAM with 500 GB HDD.
The POC environment assumes:
Sysdig Monitor to be deployed
Number of hosts <= 40
Container Density <= 25 / host