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Thanks David.<br />
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Is there a rule of thumb with respect to the amount of forwarders and collector / SCOM can handle?
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Thanks David.

Is there a rule of thumb with respect to the amount of forwarders and collector / SCOM can handle?

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depends upon your database speed mostly
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I am in the process of building a centralized repository for which windows servers will forward event logs to.<br />
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Even though there is no known number of clients per collector, I was wondering what is the general rule of thumb for the amount of servers a single collector should handle and the amount of memory and cpu we need to allocate.<br />
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I see that a collector can also accept messages from sources in different domains which also makes me wonder how much can one server handle. <br />
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I have 5000 servers and have a feeling that a single collector servers would not be enough.<br />
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What is your take on this?<br />
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many thanks<br />
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t
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I am in the process of building a centralized repository for which windows servers will forward event logs to.

Even though there is no known number of clients per collector, I was wondering what is the general rule of thumb for the amount of servers a single collector should handle and the amount of memory and cpu we need to allocate.

I see that a collector can also accept messages from sources in different domains which also makes me wonder how much can one server handle. 

I have 5000 servers and have a feeling that a single collector servers would not be enough.

What is your take on this?

many thanks

t

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