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Deployment sizing requirements


TrueSight Automation Console supports a variety of deployment configurations. Most configurations require the TrueSight Automation Console database and application to be installed on separate servers. 

Minimum deployment sizing requirements

The following table describes minimum requirements based on various deployment sizes. 

Requirement 

Large

Medium

Small

Minimum space required for installation (GB)

Number of 
concurrent users

150

50

25


Automation Console server requirements

Number of 
Automation Console servers

6

2

1


CPUs per 
Automation Console
Server

8

8

8


Automation Console
server memory (GB)

32

32

32

10

Automation Console
server disk 
space (GB)

100

100

100

10

Database server requirements

CPUs per 
database
server

32

16

8


Database 
server 
memory (GB)

64

32

16

8

Database 
disk 
space (GB)

150 

120

100

25

A small deployment assumes that the database and the application are hosted on the same server. Memory requirements refer to total memory, not heap size.

If you require a deployment larger than the Large deployment described above, extrapolate the system requirements based on the information in the table.

What conditions were used to develop these sizing requirements?

Condition

Value

Number of existing vulnerabilities instances in the database

9 million

Average time for loading the dashboard at 9 million

1 minute

Number of servers managed by the Automation Console

30000

Number of concurrent users (per node)

15

Maximum scan data file size

1GB

Number of servers scanned for the missing patches

1500

Average number of missing patches per server

60

 

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