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Performance and Scale Overview

Performance and scale guide overview
Release 5.5.x planning scope
Release 5.5.x performance and scale updates
Audience and scope

Platform and Center Sizing

Scale drivers
Release 5.5.x platform scale reference
Center sizing factors and tiers
Headroom planning
CVSM scale planning
Global Center scale planning

Sensor, VM, Cloud, and Network Planning

Sensor performance planning
FIPS Sensor constraints
VM and cloud deployment planning
Cloud sizing guidance
FIPS and cloud constraints
Bandwidth and recovery behavior

Performance Validation and Design Guardrails

Retention and data growth
Validate performance before production
Troubleshoot performance degradation
Performance design guardrails

Sizing Examples and Decision Flows

Sizing examples
Center sizing decision flow
Sensor selection decision flow
Global Center scale decision flow

Sensor, VM, Cloud, and Network Planning

Updated: April 28, 2026

Overview

Provides Sensor, FIPS, VM, cloud, bandwidth, and recovery planning guidance for Cisco Cyber Vision deployments.

Sensor performance planning

Plan Sensors by using observed packet rate, mirrored traffic scope, feature usage, and supported platform compatibility.

FIPS Sensor constraints

Use only FIPS-supported Center and Sensor combinations for Release 5.5.x FIPS deployments.

VM and cloud deployment planning

Release 5.5.x Center compatibility includes VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, Nutanix AOS, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and CVSM VM deployment planning.

Cloud sizing guidance

Use each cloud sizing table only for the Cisco Cyber Vision cloud platform that the table names.

FIPS and cloud constraints

Do not assume that public cloud marketplace images or non-standard cloud environments are FIPS-compliant.

Bandwidth and recovery behavior

Bandwidth demand can increase during recovery because Sensors and Centers may replay stored data after connectivity returns.

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