Management capacity
FortiClient EMS is intended for enterprise use and has the capacity to manage a large number of endpoints. The following are suggested host system hardware configurations for FortiClient EMS. The suggested configurations depend on the number of endpoints FortiClient EMS is managing.
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Having at least 200 GB of disk space available is recommended. |
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Number of managed endpoints |
Memory (RAM) (in GB) |
Suggested keep alive interval |
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Up to 10000 |
2 |
8 |
Default (60 seconds) |
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10000 to 20000 |
4 |
8 |
Default (60 seconds) |
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20000 to 30000 |
4 |
8 |
120 seconds |
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30000 to 40000 |
4 |
8 |
120 seconds |
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40000 to 50000 |
4 |
8 |
120 seconds |
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50000 to 75000 |
8 |
16 |
120 seconds |
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The requirements listed for managing 50000 to 75000 endpoints are considered best practice, even when managing a smaller number of endpoints. |
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For the purpose of this table, an Intel i5 processor with two cores and two threads per core is considered to have four virtual CPUs. An Intel i3 processor with two cores and one thread per core has two virtual CPUs. |
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When managing more than 5000 endpoints, install SQL Server Enterprise instead of SQL Server Express, which the EMS installation installs by default. Otherwise, you may experience database deadlocks. See Installing FortiClient EMS to specify SQL Server Enterprise or Standard instance. |