Planning

1. Platform requirements

The optimal deployment environment for AKIPS depends on your specific network infrastructure such as number of users, devices, SNMP polling load, syslogs, traps or NetFlow throughput.

AKIPS strongly recommends starting with a virtual machine (VM) to establish a resource baseline. As you scale, increase CPU, RAM, and storage accordingly.

Recommended deployment guidelines

Choose either a virtual or bare metal setup, and follow these best practices:

Virtual machine

• Use a commercial-grade VM platform (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox)
• Allocate dedicated CPU cores
• Use SAN storage with eager-zeroed, thick-provisioned, preallocated disks

Bare metal server

• Enterprise-grade server (e.g., Dell, HP, IBM)
• All hardware must be compatible with FreeBSD OS

2. Minimum system specifications

Use the table below to size your system, i.e. VM or bare metal, based on the number of monitored interfaces:

For deployments exceeding these interface counts, please consult your AKIPS representative or support for tailored guidance.

Backup Server Tip: Provision double the disk space of your primary server.