Upgrading C370 from 9.7.1-066 to 10.0-203

[mmonocchi]

Wanted to upgrade my appliances but I have some concerns about performance. In the release notes there is a Performance Advisory:

RSA Email DLP
• Enabling RSA Email DLP for outbound messages on an appliance that is already having anti-spam
and anti-virus scanning running on inbound messages can cause a performance degradation of less
than 10%.

• Enabling RSA Email DLP on an appliance that is only running outbound messages and is not
  running anti-spam and anti-virus can cause higher performance degradation as compared to the
  previous scenario.

We fall into the second scenario. Our appliances have 8GB of memory. C370 appliances. 

Has anyone upgraded and experienced performance issues? Is it advisable to wait until the next release?

[dmccabej]

Hello,

It appears as though you're running a C370 with the correct maximum amount of configurable RAM. Unless the ESA is already almost toppling over with its current workload then you should be just fine.

However, to be safe you can review the System Capacity reports in the GUI via Monitor --> System Capacity --> All. 

I would recommend reviewing the capacity reports prior to and after enabling DLP just to confirm you're not overloading the box.

Thanks!

-Dennis M.