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Sonatype Platform Azure Reference Architectures

These Azure reference architectures provide validated, cloud-native deployment patterns for running Sonatype solutions on Microsoft Azure.

Sonatype IQ Server Azure Reference Architectures

Size Profile

Extra Small (XS)

Small (S)

Medium (M)

Large (L)

Extra-Large (XL)

Onboarded Applications

< 500

500 – 1,999

2,000 – 9,999

10,000 – 19,999

20,000 – 80,000

Evaluation Throughput

  • ~80–120 evals/hour

  • ~1,920–2,880/day

  • ~150–220 evals/hour

  • ~3,600–5,280/day

  • ~310 evals/hour/node

  • ~7,440/day/node

  • ~310 evals/hour/node

  • ~14,880–22,320/day total

  • ~405 evals/hour/node

  • ~29,160–38,880/day total

Number of IQ Server Nodes

1

1

2

3

4

Example Azure Instance Type

  • Standard_E2ps_v6 (ARM)

  • Standard_E2_v5 (x86)

  • Standard_E4ps_v6 (ARM)

  • Standard_E4_v5 (x86)

  • Standard_E8ps_v6 (ARM)

  • Standard_E8_v5 (x86)

  • Standard_E8ps_v6 (ARM)

  • Standard_E8_v5 (x86)

  • Standard_E16ps_v6 (ARM)

  • Standard_E16_v5 (x86)

vCPUs

2

4

8

8

16

Memory (GB)

16

32

64

64

128

Java Heap

-Xms12g

-Xmx12g

-Xms24g

-Xmx24g

-Xms48g

-Xmx48g

-Xms48g

-Xmx48g

-Xms96g

-Xmx96g

Database

Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

Instance class

B_Standard_B2ms

(2 vCores, 8 GB RAM, burstable)

Multi-AZ optional

GP_Standard_D2s_v3

(2 vCores, 8GB RAM)

or

B_Standard_B4ms

(4 vCores, 8 GB RAM, burstable)

Multi-AZ recommended for production

GP_Standard_D8s_v3

(8 vCores, 32 GB RAM)

Multi-AZ recommended

GP_Standard_D8s_v3

(8 vCores, 32 GB RAM)

Multi-AZ required

MO_Standard_E16s_v3

(16 vCPU, 128 GB RAM)

Multi-AZ with automatic failover required

Database Storage

32 GB with auto-scaling

64 GB with auto-scaling

100 GB with auto-scaling

200 GB – 1 TB with auto-scaling

500 GB – 2 TB with auto-scaling

Storage

Azure Files - Standard HDD

Azure Files - Standard HDD

Azure Files - Standard HDD

Azure Files - Standard HDD

Azure Files - Standard HDD

or

Premium SSD (NFS/AKS)

Estimated Capacity

50 GB initial

100 GB initial with auto-scaling

100 GB initial with auto-scaling

500 GB – 1.5 TB

1.5 TB – 4 TB

Link to Reference Architecture

XS IQ Azure architecture

S IQ Azure architecture

M IQ Azure architecture

L IQ Azure architecture

XL IQ Azure architecture

Sonatype Nexus Repository Azure Reference Architectures

Cloud-native Sonatype Nexus Repository reference architectures will be coming soon!