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| SolarWinds Toolsets |
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| Orion Network Performance Monitor |
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| Orion NPM Modules |
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| Orion Enterprise Operations Console |
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Orion
Network Configuration Manager formerly Cirrus Configuration Manager |
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| ipMonitor |
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| LANsurveyor |
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| LANsurveyor Express |
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| Kiwi Tools |
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| Third-Party Software List |
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The SL100 Edition of the Orion Network Performance
Monitor can monitor up to 100 elements, the SL 250 monitors 250 elements and so
on. The SLX Edition is unlimited
System Requirements
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| Operating System | The following operating systems are
supported:
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| .NET Framework | Version 2.0 or later | ||||
| SQL Server | The following SQL Server version are
supported:
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| Web Console Browser | The following browsers are supported:
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There are three primary variables that affect scalability. The most important item to keep in mind is the number of elements that you’ll be managing. Systems monitoring more than 2,500 elements may need to be tuned to offer optimal performance. The second item to consider is polling frequency. For instance, if you are collecting statistics every five minutes instead of the default nine, the system will have to work harder and system requirements will increase. Finally, the number of simultaneous web users accessing the system will have a direct impact on the performance of the system.
For the purposes of this document, we will assume that you are using the default settings for status polling and statistics collection and that you have a moderate number of web users.
When planning your SolarWinds Orion installation, there are four main factors to keep in mind with respect to scalability. These four items are CPU, memory, number of polling engines, and polling engine settings. The following table displays SolarWinds’ recommendations for minimum configuration of CPU, memory, and numbers of polling engines. Polling engine settings are discussed in the next section, Polling Engine Tuning.
This matrix assumes default statistics collection intervals of nine minutes. Decreasing the polling interval will increase the system requirements.
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Orion Version |
SL100 |
SL250 |
SL500 |
SL2000 |
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Managed Elements1 |
100 |
250 |
500 |
2K |
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CPU Speed |
800MHz |
1.0GHz |
2.0GHz |
2.4GHz |
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RAM |
500MB |
1GB |
1GB |
2GB |
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SQL 2000 |
DE2 |
DE2 |
DE2 |
DE2/SE3,4 |
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Orion Version |
SLX |
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Managed Elements1 |
5K |
10K |
15K |
20K |
25K |
30K |
35K |
40K |
45K |
50K |
50K |
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CPU Speed (in GHz) |
2.6 |
3 |
2.6 |
3 |
2.6 |
3 |
2.6 |
3 |
2.6 |
3 |
3 |
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RAM (in GB) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2+5 |
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Additional Polling Engines6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
5+5 |
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Location of SQL Server |
Local6 |
Rem7 |
Rem7 |
Rem7 |
Rem7 |
Rem7 |
Rem7 |
Rem7 |
Rem7 |
Rem7 |
Rem7 |
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SQL 2000 |
SE3 |
SE3 |
SE3 |
SE3 |
SE3 |
SE3 |
SE3 |
SE3 |
SE3 |
SE3 |
SE3 |
2. SQL Server Desktop Edition (included with Orion NPM distribution) is adequate, but you may use the Standard or Enterprise version.
3. SQL Server Standard or Enterprise Edition4. If you have configured Orion for frequent polling and/or roll data up into statistics on a long schedule, or due to other performance reasons, you may need SE.
5. Increasing the number of polling engines will decrease the system requirements. The inverse is true as well. Additional Polling Engines are sold separately.6. SQL may be installed on the same (local) machine as Orion if performance requirements are modest.
7. Remote SQL Server. For systems monitoring more than 8,000 elements, it is recommended that SQL Server be installed on a separate server.
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