Bandwidth Used by Symantec End Point Protection 11

To calculate the bandwidth used by a SEP Cleint When it communicates with SEPM , first we need to find , what are the components or contents that uses bandwidth and how much bandwidth they use.

 

 

 

Content type	Size of Package
Heartbeat	2 KB/s to 3 KB/s per heartbeat.
Policies	20 KB to 80 KB.
IPS Signature Updates	50 KB and 100 KB
AV Signatures	50 KB to 100 KB (daily)
Logs	10 KB

 

 

( From the above Polilcy and IPS Signatures are not passed on a daily basis)

 

So lets take a scenario. We have a Client whose Heartbeat is set at 5 minutes’  and It takes Updates from the SEPM once in a day.

 

SO, In 24 hours it the number of  heartbeats = 5*12*24 = 1440

 

Now, Size of package for 1440 Heartbeats = 7200 KB 

Size of Package AV signatures                     =   100 KB

Logs                                                                 =    10 KB

 

Total size of package (Traffic)                     =   7310 KB = 7.1MB

 

So in an IDEAL scenario   the traffic generated for a client to and from SEPM is nearly 7.1 MB in One day.