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Scalabilty and best practices

This section describes some best practices that you can use while configuring PATROL for Microsoft Exchange Servers for monitoring Exchange Servers.

The following tables provide information about the tested configuration scenarios. It also provides the information on the PATROL Agent performance and the BMCCmdLet process performance with respect to memory and CPU utilization. 

Information

The monitored Exchange Servers contain six mailbox servers, four Client Access Servers and approximately 5000 mailbox accounts

#

Number of
Exchange
Servers

Exchange
Role 

PATROL Agent

BMCCmdLet process

Comments

Memory

(MB)

CPU

(%)

Memory

(MB)

CPU

(%)

1

1

Mailbox: 1

  • Low: 40
  • High: 45
  • Average: 45
  • Low: 0.5
  • High: 1
  • Average: 1
  • Low: 50
  • High: 500
  • Average: 330
  • Low: 0
  • High: 10
  • Average: 4

 

2

2

Mailbox: 2

  • Low: 40
  • High: 50
  • Average: 47
  • Low: 0.5
  • High: 3.5
  • Average: 1
  • Low: 90
  • High: 500
  • Average: 330
  • Low: 0
  • High: 30
  • Average: 5

 

3

3

Mailbox: 3

  • Low: 40
  • High: 55
  • Average: 53
  • Low: 0.5
  • High: 5
  • Average: 2
  • Low: 150
  • High: 900
  • Average: 450
  • Low: 0
  • High: 30
  • Average: 5

 

4

7

Mailbox: 3

CAS: 4

  • Low: 62
  • High: 65
  • Average: 65
  • Low: 0.5
  • High: 2.5
  • Average: 1.5
  • Low: 200
  • High: 1100
  • Average: 400
  • Low: 0
  • High: 35
  • Average: 8

On PATROL Agent startup the BMCCmdLet process memory raises
upto 2 GB and the CPU utilization goes upto 70% (For few seconds)

Warning

Note

  • All the Exchange Servers are configured with default configuration settings. All the monitor types are enabled.
  • Three Roundtrip sessions are configured on each Exchange Server.
  • Three Watch Users are configured on each Exchange Server.

 

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BMC PATROL for Microsoft Exchange Servers 6.1