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	8	14	Default (60 seconds)
5000 to 10000	12	18
10000 to 20000	14	22	120 seconds
20000 to 50000	36	30

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	12	8	12	20	120 seconds
20000 to 50000	18	12	32	30
50000 to 75000	22	14	36	36
75000 to 150000*	26	20	48	56	180 seconds

* Supports up to 100 FortiGates only.