Bug ID 1070841: GeoIP database migration to DE Pulse: resource requirements and recommendations

Last Modified: Sep 24, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All, Install/Upgrade(all modules)

Fixed In:
17.1.0

Opened: Dec 30, 2021

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

-- Pulse database requires at least 900 MB of system memory. -- During installation, it consumes a large amount of additional temporary RAM. -- This often forces systems into swap, leading to slower performance.

Impact

Without increased memory provisioning, deployment will trigger heavy swap usage, potentially causing instability.

Conditions

-- Deploying the GeoIP Pulse database on a system provisioned with less than 2 GB of management memory.

Workaround

Increase management provisioning to 2–3 GB before deploying the GeoIP Pulse database.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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