Hardware configuration when there are FortiGates connected to the EMS

The following table shows the configurations with the following host hardware configuration:

• EMS and SQL Server are running on the same Windows Server machine
• Up to 100 FortiGates connected to the EMS
• Up to 20 Zero Trust tags are configured

Number of managed endpoints	Number of virtual CPUs	Memory (RAM) (in GB)	Suggested keep alive interval
Up to 5000	6	8	Default (60 seconds)
5000 to 10000	8	10	Default (60 seconds)
10000 to 20000	12	16	120 seconds
20000 to 30000	16	20	120 seconds
30000 to 40000	22	24	120 seconds
40000 to 50000	30	28	120 seconds

The following table shows the configurations with the following host hardware configuration:

• EMS and SQL Server are running on different Windows Server machines
• Up to 100 FortiGates connected to the EMS
• Up to 20 Zero Trust tags are configured

Number of managed endpoints	EMS server machine		SQL server machine		Suggested keep alive interval
	Number of virtual CPUs	Memory (RAM) (in GB)	Number of virtual CPUs	Memory (RAM) (in GB)
10000 to 20000	4	4	10	12	120 seconds
20000 to 30000	6	4	14	16	120 seconds
30000 to 40000	6	6	18	24	120 seconds
40000 to 50000	8	6	26	26	120 seconds
50000 to 75000	10	8	30	34	120 seconds
75000 to 150000	14	12	48	56	180 seconds

The following table shows the configurations with the following host hardware configuration:

• EMS and SQL Server are running on the same Windows Server machine
• Up to 300 FortiGates connected to the EMS
• Up to 20 Zero Trust tags are configured

Number of managed endpoints	Number of virtual CPUs	Memory (RAM) (in GB)	Suggested keep alive interval
10000 to 20000	20	22	120 seconds

The following table shows the configurations with the following host hardware configuration:

• EMS and SQL Server are running on different Windows Server machines
• Up to 300 FortiGates connected to the EMS
• Up to 20 Zero Trust tags are configured

Number of managed endpoints	EMS server machine		SQL server machine		Suggested keep alive interval
	Number of virtual CPUs	Memory (RAM) (in GB)	Number of virtual CPUs	Memory (RAM) (in GB)
10000 to 20000	10	10	12	14	120 seconds