Cisco Security Manager IOPS for Storage (VM Deployent)

Hi,
I've been asked by a client about the Cisco Security Manager requirement to have 1TB of storage for events and another for archiving.
They wish to know the IOPS requirement for this storage. Please could anyone assist in this ?
Many thanks,
Mark                 

Hi,
I'm not sure that I can really help you, but I can verify that on my CSM 4.5 server which is running normally, that service has a starup type of automatic and is in the "Started" state.
You may want to check your system and application event logs to see if there are any messages that could explain why it stopped.
Regards,
Matt

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