Sizing question

WalterH

I need to size a Grommunio server for about 80 mailboxes with a total size of about 450GB. Virtualized on VMware 6.5, but I can't find any recommendations for server sizing on the Grommunio website. How much RAM and CPU should I give this server to run Grommunio stable and fast?
Walter

obsidiangroup

While I am no expert on Grommunio, I would suspect 8GB would be fine, and allocating 4 CPUs. But, are you going to be using the Chat and Meet features, or just using the system for email? If just email, you could probably get away with 4GB, though I would still give it 8GB of ram.

noplan

Only mailbox?

Do the math on sql....

Takin a wild shot 32GB should do the trick
8 cores at least.. 😉

mwilliams

our sizing calculator is planned for Q4 (this quarter).
the environment you're asking should be fine with 4 cores and 16GB ram. the more the better, but that is enough. this covers groupware (basic subscription) only.

noplan

4 cores 16gb RAM

Was here not working for 43 users with Zarafa
Avg mailbox size ~ 8Gb

Yes mailing worked but
Search / and webIF use was a pain in the ass

And we are not talkin about
Collaboration tools (meet / files and so on)
That's another ballgame

mwilliams

Hello noplan ,

I don't know Zarafa well, but one thing I do believe to know: Zarafa was using a single, large mysql db and therefore most likely needed much RAM because of all its data stored in mysql. That's not the case with grommunio, every user has its own DB and therefore the scalability is nearly linear. As I mentioned, the 4 cores and 16gb ram cover the groupware pattern only, so meet, files etc obviously need their own resources on-top, that's correct.