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Sonatype Platform GCP Reference Architectures

These GCP reference architectures provide validated, cloud-native deployment patterns for running Sonatype solutions on Google Cloud Platform.

Sonatype IQ GCP 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 GCP Machine Type

n4a-highmem-2 (ARM Ampere Altra)

n4a-highmem-4 (ARM Ampere Altra)

n4a-highmem-8 (ARM Ampere Altra)

n4a-highmem-8 (ARM Ampere Altra)

n4a-highmem-16 (ARM Ampere Altra)

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

Cloud SQL PostgreSQL 15+

Cloud SQL PostgreSQL 15+

Cloud SQL PostgreSQL 15+

Cloud SQL PostgreSQL 15+

Cloud SQL PostgreSQL 15+

Instance class

db-custom-2-7680

(2 vCPU, 7.5 GB RAM)

Zonal deployment

db-custom-2-13312

(2 vCPU, 13 GB RAM)

Regional recommended for production

db-custom-8-30720

(8 vCPU, 30 GB)

Regional recommended for production

db-custom-8-30720

(8 vCPU, 30 GB)

Regional with automatic failover

db-custom-16-65536

(16 vCPU, 64 GB)

Regional with automatic failover

Database Storage

20 GB PD-SSD, auto-resize to 100 GB

50 GB PD-SSD, auto-resize to 200 GB

100 GB PD-SSD, auto-resize to 500 GB

200 GB – 1 TB PD-SSD, auto-resize

500 GB – 2 TB PD-SSD, auto-resize

Storage

Cloud Filestore

Cloud Filestore

Cloud Filestore

Cloud Filestore

Cloud Filestore

Storage Tier

BASIC_HDD

(1 TiB minimum)

BASIC_HDD

(1 TiB minimum)

BASIC_HDD

(1 TiB)

BASIC_HDD

(2.5 TiB)

BASIC_HDD

(10 TiB)

Estimated Capacity

1 TiB minimum

1 TiB minimum

1 TiB

2.5 TiB

10 TiB

Link to Reference Architecture

XS IQ GCP architecture

S IQ GCP architecture

M IQ GCP architecture

L IQ GCP architecture

XL IQ GCP architecture

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