Coro agent specifications¶

Overview¶

The Coro Agent actively secures endpoint devices on both Windows and macOS platforms. The following hardware and software specifications are essential for guaranteeing effective functionality of the Coro Agent on your Windows or macOS device.

For general information on the Coro Agent, see Introducing the Coro Agent.

Hardware and system specifications¶

Windows and macOS devices require the following hardware and system specifications to run the Coro Agent:

Windows¶

The following hardware and system specifications are required on Windows devices:

Operating system

• Windows Server 2012 and later

• Windows 7 (64-bit) and later

System resources

• 126 MB free disk space

• A stable internet connection

macOS¶

The following hardware and system specifications are required on macOS devices:

Operating system

• macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) and later

System resources

• 600 MB free disk space

• A stable internet connection

RAM requirements

• Endpoint Security: 8 GB

• Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR): 8 GB

• All Endpoint Functionality Combined: 8 GB

CPU usage¶

The Coro Agent aims to maintain CPU usage around 85% per core, although actual percentages seen in tools like Activity Monitor might exceed 100% due to multicore processing; this is not indicative of total utilization. Outside of scan activities, the Agent's CPU usage averages at approximately 0.1%, demonstrating minimal resource consumption during idle periods.

Memory usage¶

On average, memory usage by the Coro Agent is about 400 MB, varying with ongoing scans or access to large files. Memory demand increases during on-access scans or when processes access multiple files, such as during folder copying, due to the necessity of loading these files into memory.

Disk I/O operations¶

Coro's disk I/O operations are minimal, but its on-access scan engine actively scans nearly every file accessed by any process.

System boot time¶

Boot time is minimally impacted by the presence of the Coro Agent.

Application launch times¶

Application launch times might experience slight increases, particularly when apps read cached data during startup. This effect is especially pronounced in non-native apps, such as those running on Electron or similar engines, which load thousands of files at launch. Coro's on-access scan engine actively scans each of these files, contributing to the extended launch times.

Network performance¶

Network performance might be impacted when a VPN is activated, although this largely depends on the VPN server's performance.

Battery life (mobile devices)¶

Predicting the impact of the Coro Agent on the battery life of a mobile device is difficult due to its dependency on CPU usage, which varies according to an individual user's workflow.

See Also:

• Deploying Coro on Windows devices

• Deploying Coro on macOS devices