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Need Guidance on IBM guardium data security center deployment

  • 1.  Need Guidance on IBM guardium data security center deployment

    Posted Wed October 29, 2025 02:46 PM

    I need guidance on the deployment of Guardium data security center. This is my first time GDSC installation and I'm not sure what resources are required for redhat openshift cluster and GDSC as the deployment environment is on enterprise level (government organization). There is GDP running for enhanced security we have to deploy GDSC.

    GDP environment 21 collectors, 4 aggregators, 1 CM, so the required resources would be high, but I need suggestions from the IBM experts here having prior GDSC installation experience and also GDSC and redhat openshift cluster installation guide if possible would be great for me.

    Thanks,

    Arshad Ali 



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  • 2.  RE: Need Guidance on IBM guardium data security center deployment

    Posted Wed November 05, 2025 03:43 AM
    Edited by TAL DANIEL Wed November 05, 2025 03:55 AM

    I'm glad to hear that you're about to deploy Guardium Data Security Center (GDSC); on-premise.

    By the way, there's also a GDSC SaaS product, so consider using it for a POC, while pushing in parallel for the on-premise or hybrid solution. 

    As a general rule, Guardium Data Security Center with all services installed can use up to 700 GB of storage space. Review the Storage comparison to ensure that you have sufficient storage space available for user data based on the type of storage that you select.

    You will also likely need, at minimum, 3 RedShift nodes, each with 10 vCPU, 24GB memory, and 1TB SSD, and then further add "half nodes" as you grow or need more resources. This is only a guide, and the docs refers you to contact a Sales representative to accurate your requirements. See storage considerations, resources section.

    Here are some related resources I found (I'm not a bot!):

    • https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/gdsc/3.x?topic=planning-storage-considerations 
    • https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/gdsc/3.x?topic=prerequisites-guardium-data-security-center-system-requirements 

    Success!



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    TAL DANIEL
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    IBM Security
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