System Requirements

CloudShark Enterprise is installed on an OVA Virtual Machine configured with the minimum system requirements. This document describes the suggested resource requirements for deploying the OVA in your environment depending on the number of users and estimated capture file size.

All tiers must have a 64-bit (x86_64) CPU.

Minimum

  • Dual-core CPU
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 500 GB free disk space
  • Quad-core CPU or better
  • ≥ 32 GB RAM
  • 4.0 TB free disk space

Estimated Performance

Because your individual usage of CloudShark is very specific to your organization, and so much depends on the contents of the capture files as well as the number of concurrent users you have accessing CloudShark, we’ve put together the following table to give you an approximate performance level.

  Minimum Recommended 
Max File Size  Up to 200 MB  Up to 4 GB 
Number of Users  1-5 25+ 

Maximum Capture Sizes

Some analysis tools are more intensive on the CPU and disk than others and may take longer depending on the content and size of the capture file. Suggested sizes are estimates only.

Analysis is capped at what can be completed in a reasonable amount of time. To run some tools and filters against larger files, your hardware will need to be powerful enough.

CloudShark’s storage requirements grow linearly with the size of the capture files stored. The OVA includes a data disk that can be resized as more capture files are uploaded.

Internet Access

Internet Access is not required to run or install CloudShark.