FAQs Related to Bandwidth, CPU, and Memory Consumption during Scan

FAQs Related to Bandwidth, CPU, and Memory Consumption during Scan

 

What are the expected Bandwidth, CPU, and Memory consumption during asset scan? 

Please refer to the below data, which is predicted from a single-agent machine. Disk space usage from the agent-installed drive is expected to reach around 1GB.
 
Agent Process
Running Application Name
Bandwidth Consumption
(approximate)
CPU Consumption
(approximate)
Memory (RAM) Consumption
(approximate)
At Agent Idle State
dcagentservice.exedcondemand.exe
dcagenttrayicon.exe
 
(In Windows and Mac, these three processes are consistently running for every logged in user.)
1 Kbps
0-2%
11 MB
Applying
Configuration

(90 minutes once)
dcconfig.exe
5 KB
(The bandwidth consumption will depend on the size of the uploaded files in the applied configuration)
0-2%
6 - 50 MB
(Will depend on the number of
configurations
applied in the refresh
policy)
Refresh Policy
 
(90 mins once)
dcconfig.exe
4KB
0-2%
6MB
Inventory Scan
 
(At the scheduled time in server)
dcinventory.exe
2MB
17-20%
14MB
Patch Scan
(When applying patch tasks)
dcpatchscan.exe
13 MB
(This is for the initial patch scan is performed. For subsequent scans, it will be done with local files until the patch database sync is completed on the server.)
25-30%
60MB
Updating Power Refresh
(Once every 3 hours)
dcconfig.exe
1KB
0-1%
6MB