Minimum System Requirements for NIOS-X Servers
- Sri Raghu
- Gary Leicht
Important Note
The minimum system requirements specified below must be dedicated to the NIOS-X server you plan to deploy. They cannot be shared with or used for other non-Infoblox applications. Doing so will negatively affect the performance of your Infoblox Platform services. For information about port usage and other requirements, see the following:
Virtual Deployments
The following table lists the recommended minimum system requirements for deploying NIOS-X virtual servers:
| vCPU | Memory | DHCP Leases Per Second (LPS) | DNS Queries Per Second (QPS) @ % CHR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 GB | 150 | 1500 @ 0%, 6383 @ 85%, 15000 @ 100% | ||
| 4 | 4 GB | 200 | 2000 @ 0%, 8511 @ 85%, 20000 @ 100% | ||
The above test results are done on an ESXi server with the below specs:
- CPU Type: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz
- Cores: 40
- Memory: 128GB
- Storage: RAID5 ( Non SSD )
For Data Connector service, you need a virtual appliance with a minimum of 8 vCPUs, 16 GB memory, and 750 GB storage.
Bare-Metal Deployments
The following table lists the recommended minimum system requirements for bare-metal deployments:
| Small Branches | Medium Branches | Large Branches | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | 8-core Intel Atom @2 GHZ | 8-core Intel Atom @2.2 GHZ | 8-core Intel Xeon @2 GHZ |
| DRAM | 16 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Storage | 64 GB | 120 GB | 1 TB |
| Ports | 2 x 1G | 2 x 1G; 2 x 10G | 2 x 1G; 2 x 10G |
Note
NIOS-X Server Performance Reference
Infoblox Platform offers flexible scalability to meet your changing business needs from the smallest to the largest locations. To simplify planning, site tiers are suggested below, followed by reference specifications to approximate these performance targets.
In the table below, cache hit ratio (CHR) measures how many requests a cache can deliver successfully from its cache storage, compared to how many requests it receives.
Important Note
The stated numbers and recommendations in the following table are for reference only. They represent the results of lab testing in a controlled environment. Enabling additional protocols, services, cache hit ratio for recursive DNS, and customer environment variables will affect performance. To design and size a solution for a production environment, please contact your Infoblox Solution Architect.
| Recommended for | Small Branches | Medium Branches | Large Branches |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNS Queries Per Second (QPS) | 160 @ 0% CHR, 681 @ 85% CHR, 1.6K @ 100% | 700 @ 0% CHR, 2.9K @ 85% CHR, 7K @ 100% CHR | 3.5K @ 0% CHR, 14.8K @ 85% CHR, 35K @ 100% CHR |
| DHCP Leases Per Second (LPS) | 25 | 300 | 400 |
| Hardware | Infoblox BloxOne B1-105 | Dell VEP-1425 | Dell VEP-1485 |