Deploying manager-only nodes

Manager nodes provide optimized stability and performance for ExtraHop recordstore clusters and are required for clusters with six or more nodes. A manager-only node is dedicated to cluster management tasks and does not store records. This guide provides guidelines for adding three manager-only nodes to new and existing clusters with six to nine data-only nodes.

Important:If your recordstore cluster contains fewer than six nodes, you do not need to configure manager nodes.

Manager nodes are virtual appliances with reduced resource specifications. Recordstore clusters typically require that all nodes match in both appliance type (virtual or physical) and size (resource specifications). However, manager-only nodes are the exception: a virtual manager-only node can be added to a cluster that has physical nodes and different resource specifications. Your data-only nodes should still match.

Manager node specifications

Depending on your virtual implementation, download the package or instance associated with the smallest Explore node and modify the disk size to match the specifications listed below.

Important:For KVM deployments, you must delete the data disk that is preconfigured in the package and then add a new 12 GB disk before first boot.
Type vCPUs RAM Boot Disk Data Disk Network Size
AWS 4 8 GB 4 GB 25 GB 1 management vNIC m5.xlarge
Azure 4 8 GB 4 GB 25 GB 1 management vNIC Standard_F4s_v2
Hyper-V 4 8 GB 4 GB 12 GB 1 management vNIC EXA-Hyper-V Package
KVM 4 8 GB 4 GB 12 GB 1 management vNIC 5100v Extra-Small Package
VMware 4 8 GB 4 GB 12 GB 1 management vNIC 5100v Manager Node
Last modified 2023-11-07