Reference: Tanium Appliance specifications

This page lists deployment sizing specifications for the Tanium Appliance and the Tanium Virtual Appliance. Download the Tanium Infrastructure data sheet for more details on Tanium Infrastructure offerings.

Tanium Appliance (physical) sizing

Role	< 10K	< 50K	< 200K	< 500K	> 500K
Tanium Server	S	S	M	L	XL
Module Server	S	S	S	M	M
Zone Server	S	S	M	L	XL
Development (any role)	Dev/Lab	-	-	-	-

Tanium Appliance (development only)

The development size appliances are provisioned with reduced hardware redundancy and performance. This model is provided for pre-production workloads only.

	Copper	Fiber
Processor Model	Intel® Xeon® Bronze 3106 1.7G, 8C/8T, 9.6GT/s 2UPI, 11M Cache, No Turbo, No HT (85W) DDR4-2133	Intel® Xeon® Bronze 3106 1.7G, 8C/8T, 9.6GT/s 2UPI, 11M Cache, No Turbo, No HT (85W) DDR4-2133
Total Processor Cores	8	8
RAM Total (GB)	64	64
Drives	2 x 2.4TB 10K NLSAS Self-Encrypting FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug 1 x 1.2TB 10K NLSAS Self-Encrypting FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug	2 x 2.4TB 10K NLSAS Self-Encrypting FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug 1 x 1.2TB 10K NLSAS Self-Encrypting FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug
NIC Card	2 x Onboard 1Gb	2 x Onboard 1Gb
Additional NIC Card	Intel X550 DP PCIe Add in card - Low Profile	Intel X550 DP PCIe Add in card - Low Profile
System Management	iDRAC9 Enterprise w/Dedicated NIC	iDRAC9 Enterprise w/Dedicated NIC
Power Supply	1 x 550W	1 x 550W
Power Cords	1 x NEMA 5-15P to C13 Wall Plug 15Amp 10f NA 1 x C13 to C14 PDU style 12 Amp 6.5 ft NA	1 x NEMA 5-15P to C13 Wall Plug 15Amp 10f NA 1 x C13 to C14 PDU style 12 Amp 6.5 ft NA

Tanium Appliance (small)

	Copper	Fiber
Processor Model	Intel® Xeon® Silver 4214 2.1G, 12C/24T, 16M Cache, (85W) DDR4-2400	Intel® Xeon® Silver 4214 2.1G, 12C/24T, 16M Cache, (85W) DDR4-2400
Total Processor Cores	24	24
RAM Total (GB)	128	128
Drives	2 x 3.84TB SSD Self-Encrypting SAS Mix Use FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug 1 x 1.2TB 10K NLSAS Self-Encrypting FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug	2 x 3.84TB SSD Self-Encrypting SAS Mix Use FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug 1 x 1.2TB 10K NLSAS Self-Encrypting FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug
NIC Card	2 x Onboard LOM 1GB	2 x Onboard LOM 1GB
Additional NIC Card	2 x Intel X550 DP PCIe Add in card - Low Profile	2 x Intel X710 DP PCIe Add in card - Low Profile +Optics
System Management	iDRAC9 Enterprise w/Dedicated NIC	iDRAC9 Enterprise w/Dedicated NIC
Power Supply	1+1 Redundant 550W	1+1 Redundant 550W
Power Cords	2 x NEMA 5-15P to C13 Wall Plug 15Amp 10f NA 2 x C13 to C14 PDU style 12 Amp 6.5 ft NA	2 x NEMA 5-15P to C13 Wall Plug 15Amp 10f NA 2 x C13 to C14 PDU style 12 Amp 6.5 ft NA

Tanium Appliance (medium)

	Copper	Fiber
Processor Model	Intel® Xeon® Gold 6238 2.1G, 22C/44T, 30M Cache, (140W) DDR4-2933	Intel® Xeon® Gold 6238 2.1G, 22C/44T, 30M Cache, (140W) DDR4-2933
Total Processor Cores	44	44
RAM Total (GB)	512	512
Drives	4 x 3.84TB SSD Self-Encrypting SAS Mix Use FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug 1 x 1.2TB 10K NLSAS Self-Encrypting FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug	4 x 3.84TB SSD Self-Encrypting SAS Mix Use FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug 1 x 1.2TB 10K NLSAS Self-Encrypting FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug
NIC Card	2 x Onboard LOM 10GB	2 x Onboard LOM 10GB
Additional NIC Card	2 x Intel X550 DP PCIe Add in card - Low Profile	2 x Intel X710 DP PCIe Add in card - Low Profile +Optics
System Management	iDRAC9 Enterprise w/Dedicated NIC	iDRAC9 Enterprise w/Dedicated NIC
Power Supply	1+1 Redundant 550W	1+1 Redundant 550W
Power Cords	2 x NEMA 5-15P to C13 Wall Plug 15Amp 10f NA 2 x C13 to C14 PDU style 12 Amp 6.5 ft NA	2 x NEMA 5-15P to C13 Wall Plug 15Amp 10f NA 2 x C13 to C14 PDU style 12 Amp 6.5 ft NA

Tanium Appliance (large)

	Copper	Fiber
Processor Model	Intel® Xeon® Gold 5218 2.3G, 16C/32T, 22M Cache, (125W) DDR4-2667	Intel® Xeon® Gold 5218 2.3G, 16C/32T, 22M Cache, (125W) DDR4-2667
Total Processor Cores	64	64
RAM Total (GB)	1024	1024
Drives	4 x 3.84TB SSD Self-Encrypting SAS Mix Use FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug 1 x 2.4TB 10K SAS Self-Encrypting FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug	4 x 3.84TB SSD Self-Encrypting SAS Mix Use FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug 1 x 2.4TB 10K SAS Self-Encrypting FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug
NIC Card	Intel X550 Quad Port 10G Base-T	Intel X710 Quad Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ Ethernet, Network Daughter Card, with SR Optics
Additional NIC Card	Intel X550 Quad Port 10G Base-T	Intel X710 Quad Port 10GbE, Base-T, PCIe Adapter, Full Height +Optics
System Management	iDRAC9 Enterprise w/Dedicated NIC	iDRAC9 Enterprise w/Dedicated NIC
Power Supply	1+1 Redundant 1600W	1+1 Redundant 1600W
Power Cords	2 x NEMA 5-15P to C13 Wall Plug 15Amp 250V 10ft NA 2 x C13 to C14 PDU style 12Amp 250V 6.5ft NA	2 x NEMA 5-15P to C13 Wall Plug 15Amp 250V 10ft NA 2 x C13 to C14 PDU style 12Amp 250V 6.5ft NA

Tanium Appliance (extra large)

	Copper	Fiber
Processor Model	Intel® Xeon® Gold 6230 2.1G, 20C/40T, 27M Cache, (125W) DDR4-2933	Intel® Xeon® Gold 6230 2.1G, 20C/40T, 27M Cache, (125W) DDR4-2933
Total Processor Cores	80	80
RAM Total (GB)	1536	1536
Drives	6 x 3.84TB SSD Self-Encrypting SAS Mix Use FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug 1 x 2.4TB 10K SAS Self-Encrypting FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug	6 x 3.84TB SSD Self-Encrypting SAS Mix Use FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug 1 x 2.4TB 10K SAS Self-Encrypting FIPS 140-2 Hot-plug
NIC Card	Intel X550 Quad Port 10G Base-T	Intel X710 Quad Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ Ethernet, Network Daughter Card, with SR Optics
Additional NIC Card	Intel X550 Quad Port 10G Base-T	Intel X710 Quad Port 10GbE, Base-T, PCIe Adapter, Full Height +Optics
System Management	iDRAC9 Enterprise w/Dedicated NIC	iDRAC9 Enterprise w/Dedicated NIC
Power Supply	1+1 Redundant 1600W	1+1 Redundant 1600W
Power Cords	2 x NEMA 5-15P to C13 Wall Plug 15Amp 250V 10ft NA 2 x C13 to C14 PDU style 12Amp 250V 6.5ft NA	2 x NEMA 5-15P to C13 Wall Plug 15Amp 250V 10ft NA 2 x C13 to C14 PDU style 12Amp 250V 6.5ft NA

Tanium Virtual Appliance

Tanium provides an open virtual appliance (OVA) image file with the following default settings:

BIOS
16GB RAM
4 CPU
4 NIC (VMXNET3)
1 HDD 1TB thick provisioned (SATA 0, VMDK Format)

Before you start the virtual appliance for the first time, you might need to use the VM settings utility on the hypervisor to make changes to support the recommended specifications for your deployment size.

	TS or ZS < 5K	TS or ZS < 10K	TS or ZS < 25K	TMS < 25K
CPU	4	8	16	8
RAM (GB)	16	32	48	32
Drives	1 x 1TB thick provisioned¹	1 x 1TB thick provisioned¹	1 x 1TB thick provisioned¹	1 x 1TB thick provisioned¹
¹ Thin provisioning is possible, but not recommended for production environments. Thin provisioning increases the risk that your hypervisor storage is consumed unexpectedly.