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dcruz's avatar
2 years ago

LM Collector behind a Fortinet Firewall

For security reason a collector has to be behind a Fortinet Firewall, i mean between the collector and the LM data center. I have to determine the FW requeriments in terms of throughput and sessions ...
  • John_Mathews's avatar
    2 years ago

    It is best to get an actual sample from your environment since environments can vary so much.  Maybe check the traffic between a current collector which has similar number of devices.  You can do a wireshark capture and see the traffic for about an hour and then use that as a basis for calculation.  This document may give some clues - https://www.logicmonitor.com/support/collectors/collector-overview/collector-capacity - but will not be specific to your environment.  So best to get an actual sample.