It really depends …. so in our case, it’s running a dedicated web interface and a pair of pollers. The SQL backend is clustered serving other systems besides just Solarwinds - it’s a *large* cluster running MS SQL Enterprise and NetApp SAN…. it was already existing for other internal systems we utilize….
Previous job, with Solarwinds, we ran 3 dedicated polling engines, a dedicated web front end, and a dedicated server with SQL Standard on the backend The variables are polling frequency (we are 5 minutes), number of nodes/interfaces/volumes etc…. and to some degree number of users hitting the web interface. Also, reports can put a load on the system depending on their complexity and how often they run. Cheers, Paul > On Dec 12, 2016, at 7:02 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > > How big of a windows server farm does it take to scale that thing > horizontally? > > On Dec 12, 2016 5:49 PM, "Paul Stewart" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Rancid at moment - moving to Solarwinds NCM which does pretty much the same > but with a whole bunch of reporting and compliance options, plus integration > with existing network monitoring > >> On Dec 12, 2016, at 3:57 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> reviving an old thread >> >> I put our beta on the network, within 5 minutes of downloading, every device >> we want backups for is backed up, we arent a big shop so its less than 50. >> >> Even our Fortigates >> >> I really like this >> >> alot >> >> And I hate everything >> >> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 1:58 AM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Rancid for Cisco and juniper and foundry. >> >> Ubnt ptp radios get their config manually backed up before deployment and >> after each firmware upgrade. Configs saved on a file server and on mediawiki >> instance. >> >> Same with other ptp links. >> >> On May 27, 2016 4:13 PM, "SmarterBroadband" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Interested to hear what people use for automatic backups of their network >> equipment configs. >> >> >> >> Mikrotik, Cisco, Zyxel, Ubiquity, Netonix etc… >> >> >> >> We currently use Rancid. >> >> >> >> What do you use? >> >> >> >> >> -- >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as >> part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >
