Minimum system requirements

When configuring your FortiSandbox hardware settings, use the following table as a guide with consideration for future expansion.

Technical Specification	Non-Nested	Nested
Instance Type	Fortinet recommends at least Standard_A4_v2	Fortinet recommends at least Standard_D8_v3
HA Support	Supported
Virtual CPUs (min / max)	4/16 Fortinet recommends following virtual CPUs based on the number of VM Clones: 0-4 clones - 4 cores, 5-32 clones - 8 cores, 33-100 clones - 16 cores, 101+ clones - 16 cores or higher. Pick up the appropriate Instance Type.	8/Unlimited Fortinet recommends 8 virtual CPUs plus the number of VM clones.
Virtual Memory (min / max)	8 GB / 64 GB Fortinet recommends following virtual memory based on the number of VM Clones: 0-4 clones - 8 GB, 5-32 clones - 16 GB, 33-100 clones - 32 GB, 101+ clones - 64 GB. Pick the appropriate Instance Type.	32GB/64GB Fortinet recommends following virtual memory based on the number of VM Clones: 0-4 clones - 24 GB 5-8 clones - 32 GB
Virtual Storage (min / max)	200 GB / 16 TB Fortinet recommends at least 500 GB for a production environment.
Virtual Network Interfaces	Fortinet recommends 2 and above for standalone, 3 and above for HA-Cluster	Fortinet recommends 3 and above

¹ For HA-Cluster deployment setup configured as Primary node acting as a dispatcher.

² Can enable any of the Custom VM or Cloud VM types up to the total seat count which is based on a combination of Windows licenses, Custom VM count, Cloud VM count and Universal VM count.

³ Total seat count is based on the number of cores multiplied by 4. Maximum VMs is 128 since the highest available vCPU on PAYG is 32. CloudVMs can also be added on top and registered, however, this is not advised due to product serial number changes after shutdown.