Deployment Options
FortiSIEM architecture of workers, collectors, and supervisors offers a number deployment options for enterprises at any level of scale, as well as deployment options for managed service providers who need multi-tenant solutions. Topics in this section describe these deployment options in detail, including use cases for each deployment type as well as node and server configurations for each deployment type.
Enterprise Deployment Options
Standalone Supervisor Deployment for Enterprises
Supervisor and Worker Cluster Deployment for Enterprises
Supervisor with Collectors Deployment for Enterprises
Matrix of Enterprise Deployment Configuration Options
Multi-Tenant Deployment Options for Managed Service Providers or Multiple Organizations
Standalone Supervisor Deployment for Multi-Tenancy
Supervisor and Worker Cluster Deployment for Multi-Tenancy
Supervisor with Collectors Deployment for Multi-Tenancy
Matrix of Multi-Tenancy Deployment Configuration Options
Enterprise Deployment Options
For FortiSIEM, an Enterprise deployment is one in which there is a single organization for which data is gathered and analyzed, and the virtual appliances are located entirely on-premises for that organization.
Standalone Supervisor Deployment for Enterprises
Supervisor and Worker Cluster Deployment for Enterprises
Supervisor with Collectors Deployment for Enterprises
Matrix of Enterprise Deployment Configuration Options
Standalone Supervisor Deployment for Enterprises
This is the simplest possible deployment option, in which a single Supervisor handles all the work of monitoring, processing, and analyzing data.
You can configure the Supervisor to use local or NFS storage, depending on your event data storage requirements, as described in Using NFS
Storage with AccelOps
Supervisor and Worker Cluster Deployment for Enterprises
As the number of monitored devices, or the analyzed event rate, grows, one Supervisor may not be able to handle the load. In that case, you can deploy a cluster of Supervisor and Worker virtual appliances that share data over NFS. In a cluster deployment, the Supervisor and Worker nodes have specific functions:
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