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WhenplanninganSolarWindsNPMinstallation,therearefourmainfactorsto
keepinmindwithrespecttopollingcapacity:CPU,memory,numberofpolling
engines,andpollingenginesettings.Beawareofthesevariables,andconsider
thefollowingSolarWindsrecommendations:
InstallNPMandSQLServerondifferentservers
Inmostsituations,installingNPMandSQLServerondifferentserversis
highlyrecommended,particularlyifyouareplanningtomonitor2,000
elementsormore.Ifyouexperienceperformanceproblemsoryouplanto
monitoraverylargenetwork,youshouldcertainlyconsiderthisoption.This
scenariooffersseveralperformanceadvantages,astheNPMserverdoes
notperformanydatabaseprocessing,anditdoesnothavetoshare
resourceswithSQLServer.
Useadditionalpollingenginesfor10,000+monitoredelements
Ifyouplantomonitor10,000ormoreelements,SolarWindsrecommends
thatyouinstalladditionalpollingenginesonseparateserverstohelp
distributetheworkload.
FormoreinformationaboutsizingSolarWindsNPMtoyournetwork,contactthe
SolarWindssalesteamorvisitwww.solarwinds.com.
Forminimumhardwarerecommendations,seeSolarWinds
NPM
Requirements
.
Formoreinformationaboutpollingengines,seeConfiguring
an
Additional
Polling
Engine
.
RequirementsfortheOrionDatabaseServer(SQLServer)
ThefollowingtablelistssoftwareandhardwarerequirementsforyourOrion
databaseserver.SolarWindsNPMlicenselevelsareprovidedasareference.
Requirements
SL100,SL250,or
SL500
SL2000
SLX
SQLServer
SolarWindssupportsExpress,Standard,orEnterprise
versionsofthefollowing:
l
SQLServer2008withoutSP,2008SP1,2008SP2,
2008SP3,or2008SP4
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