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 run 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 5 000	8	14	Default (60 seconds)
5 000 to 10 000	12	18
10 000 to 20 000	14	22	120 seconds
20 000 to 50 000	36	30

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

• EMS and SQL Server run 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)
10 000 to 20 000	10	8	10	18	120 seconds
20 000 to 50 000	18	10	32	26

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

• EMS and SQL Server run 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)
10 000 to 20 000	12	8	12	20	120 seconds
20 000 to 50 000	18	12	32	30