Standalone DB - Linux

These results should be viewed as guidelines and not performance guarantees, since there are many variables that affect performance (file set, network configurations, hardware characteristics, etc.). If throughput is important to your implementation, OPSWAT recommends site-specific benchmarking before implementing a production solution.

Environment

Using AWS environment with the specification below:

MetaDefender Core

OSAWS instance typevCPUMemory (GB)Network bandwidth (Gbps)Disk typeBenchmark
Ubuntu 22.04c5.4xlarge1632Up to 10SSDAmazon EC2 c5.4xlarge - Geekbench

Client tool

A simple tool written in Python to collect files in a designated folder and submit requests to MetaDefender Core.

Python
Copy
OSAWS instance typevCPUMemory (GB)Network bandwidth (Gbps)Disk type
CentOS 7c5.4xlarge1632Up to 10SSD

Dataset

Detailed information of dataset below will be used for testing:

File categoryFile typeNumber of filesTotal size (MB)Average file size (MB)
AdobePDF370385 MB1.0 MB
ExecutableEXE45309.5 MB6.9 MB
MSI1545.75 MB3.1 MB
ImageBMP80515 MB6.4 MB
JPG420237.5 MB0.6 MB
PNG345169 MB0.5 MB
MediaMP3135865 MB6.4 MB
MP450500 MB10.0 MB
OfficeDOCX235190 MB0.8 MB
DOC225486 MB2.2 MB
PPTX365860 MB2.4 MB
PPT3551950 MB5.5 MB
XLSX340283.5 MB0.8 MB
XLS335284.5 MB0.8 MB
TextCSV100236 MB2.4 MB
HTML107576 MB0.1 MB
TXT500210 MB0.4 MB
ArchiveZIP

Compressed files: 10

Extracted files: 270

Compressed size: 125.5 MB

Extracted size: 156.5 MB

Avg compressed size: 12.6 MB

Avg extracted size: 0.6 MB

Summary (compressed)50007728.5 MB1.55 MB average file size
Summary (extracted)52607759.5 MB1.48 MB average file size

Product Information

Product versions:

  • MetaDefender Core version 5.12.1
  • Engines:
    • 10 AV engines: Ahnlab, Avira, ClamAV, ESET, Bitdefender, K7, Quick Heal, IKarus, Cyren, Tachyon (nProtect)
    • Deep CDR: 7.2.3
    • Proactive DLP: 2.21.1
    • Archive: 7.2.1
    • File type analysis: 7.2.2
    • File-based vulnerability assessment: 4.57-236

MetaDefender Core settings

General settings

  • Turn off data retention
  • Turn off engine update

Archive extraction

  • Max recursion level: 99999999
  • Max number of extracted files: 99999999
  • Max total size of extracted files: 99999999
  • Timeout: 10 minutes
  • Handle archive extraction task as Failed: true
    • Extracted partially: true

Metascan

  • Max file size: 99999999
  • Scan timeout: 10 minutes
  • Per engine scan timeout: 1 minutes

Performance test results

Summary

MetaDefender Core with single engine (technology):

Use caseScan durationAvg./Max CPU usageAvg./Max Memory usageAvg. Network speedThroughputAvg. processing time
(minutes)(%)(%)(KB/s)(objects/hour)(seconds/object)

Metascan

(10 AV)

30.269 / 9829 / 32252,6660.0142
Deep CDR19.448 / 6236 / 49393,3250.009
Proactive DLP16.534 / 3932 / 48462,4550.008
Vulnerability1250 / 6546 / 46635,8750.006

MetaDefender Core with common engine packages:

Use caseScan durationAvg./Max CPU usageAvg./Max Memory usageAvg. Network speedThroughputAvg. processing time
(minutes)(%)(%)(KB/s)(objects/hour)(seconds/object)

Metascan (10 AV)

+ Deep CDR

39.878 / 9962 / 73191,7210.0188

Metascan (10 AV)

+ Deep CDR

+ Proactive DLP

43.561 / 8447 / 67175,4140.0205

Metascan (10 AV)

+ Deep CDR

+ Proactive DLP

+ Vulnerability

44.862 / 8869 / 83170,3240.0211

System resource utilization charts

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MetaDefender Core with Metascan (10 AV engines) + Deep CDR + Proactive DLP :

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MetaDefender Core with Metascan (10 AV engines) + Deep CDR + Proactive DLP + Vulnerability :

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MetaDefender Core with Deep CDR :

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MetaDefender Core with Proactive DLP :

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