Bandwidth throughput and the number of network interfaces must be considered when sizing the VMware Virtual Edge. The minimum number of network interfaces required is three (GE1, GE2, and GE3).
License and Bandwitdth Tier
Throughput |
30 Mbps |
50 Mbps |
100 Mbps |
200 Mbps |
400 Mbps |
1 Gbps |
vCPU |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
Memory |
4 GB |
4 GB |
4 GB |
8 GB |
8 GB |
8 GB |
Compute Optimized
Instance Type |
vCPUs |
Memory (Gb) |
Max NICs |
C4.large |
2 |
3.75 |
3 |
C4.xlarge |
4 |
7.5 |
4 |
C4.2xlarge |
8 |
15 |
4 |
C4.4xlarge |
16 |
30 |
8 |
C5.large |
2 |
4 |
3 |
C5.xlarge |
4 |
8 |
4 |
C5.2xlarge |
8 |
16 |
4 |
C5.4xlarge |
16 |
32 |
8 |
Amazon EC2 C5 instances are the next generation of the Amazon EC2 Compute Optimized instance family. If C5 instance type is required, for example, to support a specific region like the Paris region, then the VMware software version 3.3.1 or newer is required.
Instance Typ |
Region |
Code |
Supported |
C5 |
Paris |
3.3.1 |
Yes |
C5 |
Paris |
3.2.2 |
No |
C4 |
Paris |
3.3.1 |
No |
C5 |
Ohio |
3.3.1 |
Yes |
C5 |
Ohio |
3.2.2 |
No |
C4 |
Ohio |
3.2.2 |
Yes |
C4 |
Ohio |
3.3.1 |
Yes |