API Gateway 10.11 | Administering API Gateway | Performance Tuning and Scaling | Hardware and Product Configurations | Resource Sizing Guidelines
 
Resource Sizing Guidelines
This section provides recommendations on sizing of different components of API Gateway to meet the desired throughput requirements mentioned in the table for a cluster and standalone setup.
System Resource Allocation
Cluster setup
Component
RAM
CPU
HDD
Heap
API Gateway
Maximum: 6 GB
Minimum: 4 GB
2 cores
30 GB
Minimum Heap size: 2048 MB
Maximum Heap size: 3584 MB
Parameters to define the Heap size:
Minimum – Xms
Maximum - Xmx
Terracotta
Maximum: 8 GB
Minimum: 8 GB
2 cores
30 GB
Heap usage: 2 GB
Off Heap usage: 2 GB
Elasticsearch
Maximum: 6 GB
Minimum: 4 GB
2 cores
300 GB
Minimum Heap size: 3584 MB
Maximum Heap size: 3584 MB
Parameters to define the Heap size:
Minimum - Xms
Maximum - Xmx
Kibana
Maximum: 6 GB
Minimum: 4 GB
2 cores
30 GB
Maximum Heap size: 4096 MB
Parameter to define the Maximum Heap size:
--max-old-space-size=4096 MB
Standalone setup
Component
RAM
CPU
HDD
Heap
API Gateway
Maximum: 6 GB
Minimum: 4 GB
2 cores
30 GB
Minimum Heap size: 2048 MB
Maximum Heap size: 3584 MB
Parameters to define the Heap size:
Minimum – Xms
Maximum - Xmx
Elasticsearch
Maximum: 6 GB
Minimum: 4 GB
2 cores
300 GB
Minimum Heap size: 3584 MB
Maximum Heap size: 3584 MB
Parameters to define the Heap size:
Minimum – Xms
Maximum - Xmx
Kibana
Maximum: 6 GB
Minimum: 4 GB
2 cores
30 GB
Maximum Heap size: 4096 MB
Parameter to define the Maximum Heap size:
--max-old-space-size=4096 MB