openshift-docs/modules/network-observability-resources-table.adoc

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= Resource considerations

The following table outlines examples of resource considerations for clusters with certain workload sizes.

[IMPORTANT]
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The examples outlined in the table demonstrate scenarios that are tailored to specific workloads. Consider each example only as a baseline from which adjustments can be made to accommodate your workload needs.
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.Resource recommendations
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|                                     | Extra small (10 nodes) | Small (25 nodes)  | Large (250 nodes) ^[2]^
| *Worker Node vCPU and memory*       | 4 vCPUs\| 16GiB mem ^[1]^ | 16 vCPUs\| 64GiB mem  ^[1]^  |16 vCPUs\| 64GiB Mem ^[1]^
| *LokiStack size*                    | `1x.extra-small`         | `1x.small`          | `1x.medium`
| *Network Observability controller memory limit* | 400Mi (default)        | 400Mi (default)    | 400Mi (default)
| *eBPF sampling rate*                | 50 (default)           | 50 (default)      | 50 (default)
| *eBPF memory limit*                 | 800Mi (default)        | 800Mi (default)   | 1600Mi
| *cacheMaxSize*                      | 50,000                 | 100,000 (default) | 100,000 (default)
| *FLP memory limit*                  | 800Mi (default)        | 800Mi (default)   | 800Mi (default)
| *FLP Kafka partitions*              | –                    | 48                | 48
| *Kafka consumer replicas*           | –                    | 6                 | 18
| *Kafka brokers*                     | –                    | 3 (default)       | 3 (default)
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1. Tested with AWS M6i instances.
2. In addition to this worker and its controller, 3 infra nodes (size `M6i.12xlarge`) and 1 workload node (size `M6i.8xlarge`) were tested.
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