MetaDefender for File Security is the only solution engineered to efficiently detect over 99% of threats, protect against data loss and identify vulnerabilities—all in milliseconds.

MetaDefender Core™ delivers high-speed performance with built-in application tuning, optimizing CPU, RAM, disk, and OS utilization—maximizing efficiency without sacrificing security.

With built-in application tuning, including processing policies based on file size and type, scan request queue size, and parallel threading, MetaDefender Core and MetaDefender Modules deliver the right security and performance for any file workflow.

Below are test results for a typical data set of 5,000 files, with a total extracted file size of 7.5 GB and an average file size of 1.5 MB. Hardware utilization is essential, and for this reason, the results reflect the minimum hardware investment required to run MetaDefender Core, specifically:

  • Windows Server, 16 vCPU and 32GB Memory
  • Linux, 16 vCPU and 32GB Memory
Module Scan Duration (Minutes) vCPU Efficiency (Utilization) Milliseconds Processing / Object
Metascan 31 Mins 43% 14 ms
35 Mins 84% 16 ms
Deep CDR™ Technology 20 Mins 60% 10 ms
20 Mins 50% 10 ms
Proactive DLP 16 Mins 40% 7 ms
15 Mins 39% 7 ms
Vulnerability 10 Mins 58% 5 ms
12 Mins 46% 6 ms
Metascan 8 Engines With Scan Duration (Minutes) vCPU Efficiency (Utilization) Milliseconds Processing / Object
Deep CDR™ Technology 35 Mins 64% 16 ms
42 Mins 79% 20 ms
Deep CDR™ Technology & Proactive DLP 37 Mins 73% 18 ms
47 Mins 81% 22 ms
Deep CDR™ Technology & Proactive DLP & Vulnerability 38 Mins 74% 18 ms
49 Mins 81% 23 ms
MetaDefender Core Package 4 Engines 8 Engines 10 Engines 12 Engines 15 Engines 16 Engines 20 Engines ISV Package Max Engines
Detection of top 10000 threats 87.3% 89.9% 91.2% 92.3% 95.5% 95.1% 96.4% 98.5% 99.2%
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