NetForest Agent – Resource Utilization Report

This section provides an analysis on number of events captured by various logs at a particular time interval. It also provides analysis on the CPU utilization and memory utilization when capturing 20 logs/sec and 60 logs/sec with a particular machine specification.

Event Count by Various Logs

Below report displays an analysis on number of events captured by various logs at a particular time duration of a date.

DateTimeLog TypeEvent CountEvents/Sec
20-3-201719:00-19:30Access log1305414362.51984195
Info log8603294.120349617
Seta log1749300.837787356
18:00-19:00Access log25432496
Info log16783114.018943966
Seta log3453440.82697318
12:00-12:30Access log14482676.936144636
Info log——
Seta log——
09:00-10:00Access log30380957
Info log18323034.387698755
Seta log4247151.017037835

Overhead at 20 Logs/Sec

Below is an analysis done on a machine at 20 logs/sec. This report provides details on CPU usage (%) and memory usage (%) with CMON and NF Agent.

Memory – 32 GB,  CPU MHz – 2400  or 2.4 GHz
Test ScenarioCPU Usage (%) with

CMON and NF Agent

Core- 8

Memory Usages (%) with

CMON and NF Agent

20 Logs/SecAccess Log150.75 

2.30

 

0.502.30
 

Info Log

40.502.30
1.242.30
 

Seta Log

15.462.30
0.502.30
Average Usage of Resources1.492.30

Overhead at 60 Logs/Sec

Below is an analysis done 20 times on a machine at 60 logs/sec. This report provides details on CPU usage (%) and memory usage (%) with CMON and NF Agent.

Memory – 32 GB,  CPU MHz-2400 or 2.4GHz
Test ScenarioLog TypesLog CountCPU Usage (%) with

CMON and NF Agent

Core- 8

Memory Usages (%) with

CMON and NF Agent

 

 

 Test 1

 

 

Access Log391053.222.00
Seta Log823
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log3264
Test 2Access Log403700.252.00
Seta Log852
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log3384
Test 3Access Log420200.252.00
Seta Log892
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log3540
 Test 4Access Log433400.502.00
Seta Log921
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log3656
 Test 5Access Log446050.252.00
Seta Log951
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log3772
 Test 6Access Log462554.732.00
Seta Log991
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log3928
 Test 7Access Log47080 

 

0.25

 

 

2.00

Seta Log1011
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log4008
 Test 8Access Log49060 

 

2.49

 

 

2.00

Seta Log1061
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log4204

 

 

 

 Test 9

 

 

Access Log503250.252.00
Seta Log1090
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log4324
 

 

 

 Test 10

Access Log528000.252.00
Seta Log1150
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log4556
 

 

  Test 11

Access Log540100.502.00
Seta Log1180
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log4672
 

 

 Test 12

Access Log560450.502.00
Seta Log1230
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log4868
 

 

 Test 13

Access Log576400.252.00
Seta Log1270
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log5024
 

 

 Test 14

Access Log592357.952.00
Seta Log1310
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log5184
 

 

 Test 15

Access Log608302.732.00
Seta Log1350
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log5340
 

 

 Test 16

Access Log6286510.442.00
Seta Log1400
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log5536

 

 

 

 

Test 17

 

 

Access Log647900.252.00
Seta Log1451
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log5732
 

 

 

Test 18

Access Log667700.502.00
Seta Log1501
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log5932
 

 

 

Test 19

Access Log679256.212.00
Seta Log1532
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log6048
 

 

 

 Test 20

Access Log691350.252.00
Seta Log1562
Error Log0
GC Log0
Info Log6168
Average Usage of Resources2.102

Summary

As seen in above metrics, the overhead by running NF agent and monitoring agent is minimal:

  • Less than 1.5% CPU utilization and 2.3% of memory utilization when running for 20 logs/sec.
  • Around 2% CPU utilization and 2% of memory utilization when running for 60 logs/sec.