Virtual Memory Requirements

The virtual memory used by an agent depends on multiple factors. The primary considerations are the number of management modules loaded and the amount of information being monitored by these modules. Loading many modules on an agent increases its memory requirement. Similarly, agents managing hosts with large disk arrays or other highly scalable assets will probably require more virtual memory because the volume of management information passing through the agents will increase.

In general, a base agent with the default set of management modules loaded is under 10 Mbytes in size. The base agent requires only 50% to 60% of the 10 Mbytes to be resident in physical memory.