# Sizing ELK platform

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sizing-elk-platform/88994>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 12, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sizing-elk-platform/88994 "2017-06-12T08:56:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![mkain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mkain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mkain)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sizing-elk-platform/88994/1 "2017-06-12T08:56:47Z")

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Hi,

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 We are planning to deploy ELK stack to view syslog messages and SNMP traps of 8000 plus layer2 and layer3 devices.

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Can someone please shed some light on the hardware sizing of VM ?

CPU ?  
Memory ?  
Disk ?  
n/w interface(s) ?  
Disk IOPS ?

Regards,  
-Manish

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sizing-elk-platform/88994/2 "2017-07-10T08:57:18Z")

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