Sizing the VMware vCloud Director integration
The following table helps you determine the number of Central Servers, Child Servers, Data Collection Hosts, and BMC Server Automation Servers required to integrate TrueSight Infrastructure Management with VMware vCloud Director. The table shows the maximum number of devices, monitor instances, and attributes required for a proof of concept (POC) in a small environment.
Characteristic |
Small environment |
|---|---|
Number of monitored devices |
10,000 |
Number of monitor instances |
50,000 |
Number of attributes |
100,000 |
Duration raw data retention |
8 days |
Duration rate retention |
3 months |
Adapter type |
BMC PATROL |
Polling frequency, in minutes (statistics, auto-sync) |
5, 5 |
Required number of Central Servers |
1 |
Required number of Child Servers |
1 |
|
Required number of TrueSight Infrastructure Management Data Collection Hosts |
1 |
Required number of BMC Server Automation Servers |
1 |
Total number of computers required |
3 |
Total number of processors |
8 |
Total memory required (in GB) |
31 |
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