Any differences (aside from RAM requirements) between SNS-3495 and SNS-3595 OVA

[pethomas]

HI Guys

Have a customer with a good sized cluster.  There are wanting to validate whether its better to simply upgrade their existing virtual SNS-3495 (after increasing the amount of RAM from 32G to 64G) or fresh install using the SNS-3595 OVAs.

So short question - is there any difference (aside from RAM requirements) between the SNS-3495 and SNS-3595 OVAs?

Thanks

Peter

[thomas · Accepted solution]

OVAs require the equivalent hardware of the appliance as stated in Virtual Machine Requirements.

From the Cisco Secure Network Server Data Sheet :

Table 1.       Product Specifications

Product Name	Secure Network Server 3415	Secure Network Server 3495	Secure Network Server 3515	Secure Network Server 3595
Supported Applications	Identity Services Engine Access Control System	Identity Services Engine Access Control System	Identity Services Engine Access Control System	Identity Services Engine Access Control System
Processor	1 - Intel Xenon 2.4-GHz E5-2609	2 - Intel Xenon 2.4-GHz E5-2609	1 – Intel Xenon 2.40 GHz E5-2620	1 – Intel Xenon 2.60 GHz E5-2640
Cores per processor	4	4	6	8
Memory	16 GB (4 x 4 GB)	32 GB (8 x 4 GB)	16 GB (2 x 8 GB)	64 GB (4 x 16 GB)
Hard Disk	1 - 2.5-in. 600-GB 6Gb SAS 10K RPM	2 - 2.5-in. 600-GB 6Gb SAS 10K RPM	1 - 2.5-in. 600-GB 6Gb SAS 10K RPM	4 - 2.5-in. 600-GB 6Gb SAS 10K RPM
Hardware RAID	No	Level 0 & 1 LSI 2008 SAS RAID Mezzanine Card	No	Level 10 Cisco 12G SAS Modular RAID Controller
Network Interfaces	4 x 1 GB	4 x 1 GB	6 x 1 GB	6 x 1 GB
Power Supplies	1 x 650W	2 x 650W	1 x 770W	2 x 770W

So both the speed of the processors and number of cores has increased in addition to the amount of RAM. Disk has increased too but that is variable with a VM.