Scalabilty and best practices
This topic provides information about performance and scalability test results for this version of PATROL for Linux. The tests are performed in the following scenarios:
Linux to Linux remote monitoring with advanced configuration
In this scenario, Linux remote monitoring was configured by selecting the Advanced Configuration option. All the monitor types (CPU, Memory, Kernel, NFS, Network, Users, Swap, Process, FileSystem, and Disk) were selected in this configuration.
Hardware details
Platform | Number of remote hosts | Processors | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.2, PowerPC_POWER7 64-bit | 275 | 2 | 8 GB |
Performance Metrics Summary for full monitoring
Metrics | Average CPU (in %) | Average Memory (MB) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
Remote XPC | 0.3 | 34 | 222.0 |
PATROL Agent | 0.8 | 600 |
Linux to Linux remote monitoring with standard configuration
In this scenario, Linux remote monitoring was configured by selecting the Standard Configuration option. The standard monitor types (CPU, Memory, Network, and File Systems) were selected in this configuration.
Hardware details
Platform | Number of remote hosts | Processors | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0, x86_64 | 500 | 4 | 8 GB |
Performance Metrics Summary for full monitoring
Metrics | Average CPU (in %) | Average Memory (MB) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
Remote XPC | 2.5 | 60 | 240.0 |
PATROL Agent | 3.6 | 600 |