IBM Bigfix server sizing considerations for <50000 endpoints on Cloud

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Hi Team,
Please suggest, can we install Bigfix server on cloud and what will be the sizing considerations for supporting <50000 endpoints. Is it supportable on Amazon,AWS,Azure etc cloud.

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I’d suggest having a look at the Capacity Planning and Performance guide which speaks to this: New White Paper: BigFix Capacity Planning, Performance, and Management Guide

If you have additional questions after you have a chance to review, please let us know.

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There are a lot of things that affect BigFix performance. Part of it is definitely the number of endpoints, but the number of console operators, particularly the number that will use it all at the same time at peak times has an impact.

If you have less than 10 simultaneous operators and less than 10000 endpoints and don’t expect a lot of growth, then it takes a lot less effort to have something that works very well. Whenever you hit numbers much higher, then some of the software and hardware configuration starts to matter a lot more.

I don’t think Amazon AWS or Azure are officially supported, but I do know some smaller infrastructures are using them. You may be taking a risk as far as support goes if you use something that isn’t officially supported.

There are a few different parts of BigFix that are sensitive to the storage IOPS and latency while most of it is much less so. IOPS matter for the Databases, FillDB, WebReports Cache, WebUI Cache, Console Caches, and anything similar. Meanwhile the download / mirror caches are more of bulk storage so they can be on larger and slower (by comparison) storage.

How many clients and operators do you expect to have?

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Hi,

We are planning to install Bigfix server for more then 50,000 enpoints on public and private cloud.

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What do you mean by “public AND private cloud”?

The root server and the majority of the systems that need to connect to it directly should be on the same network, but you should have relays that are behind the WAN links of your major offices that connect to a relay in the cloud if you are going to do this, just be careful of the fact that you might be paying for incoming and outgoing bandwidth to the VMs hosted in the public cloud. You can set your relays outside of the cloud to do direct downloads to partly mitigate some of this traffic, but it will still be something to consider.

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