Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.1 Installation and Deployment Guide

Choosing a vRPA performance profile

The vRPA performance profile defines the number of virtual CPUs, RAM, and VMDK capacity allocated to each vRPA. You choose a performance profile depending on the number of protected VMs and expected throughput.

For most installations, 2 virtual CPUs and 16 GB RAM is sufficient.

The actual vRPA performance profile that you need depends on these factors:

• IOPS and throughput of protected VMs
• The number of VMs protected by the vRPA cluster

You can deploy a higher specification vRPA or change the resource allocation later by using the vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client.

Decide which of these vRPA performance profiles you need:

• 2x virtual CPUs / 16 GB RAM
• 4x virtual CPUs / 16 GB RAM
• 8x virtual CPUs / 16 GB RAM

For all profiles, each vRPA VM has a 70 GB VMDK capacity.

This selection is made when you create vRPAs from the OVF wizard in the vSphere Client or Web Client.

If required, you can add more memory and CPU resources after initial OVA deployment. For each vRPA, power off the vRPA, select Edit Settings for the vRPA VM, and add the needed resources.