Orion Platform Scalability Flashcards

1
Q

A scalability option where APEs poll data locally in each region and the polled data are stored centrally on the database server in the primary region.

A

Centralized Deployment

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/orion_platform_scalability_engine_guidelines.htm

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2
Q

What must be the maximum latency between each additional polling engine and the database

A

200 ms

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3
Q

True or False

Additional polling engines (APEs) have the same port requirements as the main polling engine

A

True

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4
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True or False

Additional polling engines (APEs) have the same port requirements as the main polling engine

A

True

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/orion_platform_scalability_engine_guidelines.htm#CentralizedDepoloyment

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5
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In this scalability option, each region is licensed independently, and data are polled and stored locally in each region.

A

Distributed deployment

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6
Q

This solution must be installed and licensed if you want to view aggregated data from multiple Orion servers in a distributed deployment.

A

SolarWinds Enterprise Operations Console

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7
Q

This method allows EOC to display live, on-demand data from all monitored SolarWinds Sites. and does not store historical data.

A

SWIS federation

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8
Q

True or False

Remote Office Pollers do not need a direct connection to the database

A

False

ORCs do not need a direct connection to the database

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/orion_platform_scalability_engine_guidelines.htm#CentralizedDepoloyment

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9
Q

Orion Remote Collector (ORC) uses what technology to communicate with the Orion Platform

A

Agent Technology

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10
Q

Orion Platform products that support Orion Remote Collector

A

NAM 2020.2.1
SAM 2020.2.1

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/orion_platform_scalability_engine_guidelines.htm#CentralizedDepoloyment

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11
Q

ORC Scalability limits
Maximum of __ Remote Collectors per polling engine

Maximum ___ elements per Remote Collector

Maximum ___elements supported per polling engine by all Orion Remote Collectors.

A

100 ORCs/polling engine
1000 Elements per Remote Collector
48 000 elements per polling engine by all ORCs

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12
Q

For NTA Scalability limits:

WAN and/or bandwidth considerations

A

1.5% - 3% of total traffic seen by exporter

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/orion_platform_scalability_engine_guidelines.htm

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13
Q

Node statistics Polling interval

A

10 minutes

https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-polling-statistics-intervals-sw1829.htm

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14
Q

Interface Statistics Polling Interval

A

9 minutes

https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-polling-statistics-intervals-sw1829.htm

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15
Q

Main polling engine limits for Network Configuration Manager (NCM)

A

Maximum of 10k devices per polling engine

Maximum of 30K devices per Solarwinds instance

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16
Q

How many agents can a single polling engine support with default polling enabled?

A

1000 agents

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17
Q

Combining Agents with ORCs reduces the total number of Orion Agents supported per polling engine. For each ORC you use, the Agent scalability is reduced by __ Orion Agents

A

ten; 1 ORC = 10 Orion Agents

18
Q

How many component monitors can you monitor per server at standard polling with SAM with node-based licensing,

A

48 000

19
Q

How many component monitors can you monitor per server at standard polling with SAM with node-based licensing,

A

48 000

20
Q

With component-based licensing, how many polling engines can be installed on a single SAM server

A

two, 2

21
Q

With component-based licensing, how many component monitors can you monitor per polling engine.

A

~8-10K

22
Q

User Device tracker’s Main polling engine and instance limits

A

maximum of 100k ports per polling engine

Maximum of 500K ports per Solarwinds instance

23
Q

VoIP & Network Quality Manager (VNQM) Main polling engine and instance limits

A

Per Polling Engine

~5,000 IP SLA operations
~200k calls/day with 20k calls/hour spike capacity

Per instance
Maximum of 15K IP SLA operations and 200K call/day

24
Q

At what polling rate if reached or exceeded of the server’s maximum polling rate, a Poller Status Warning is displayed in the Web Console.

A

85 %

25
Q

True or False

High Availability supports failover to public cloud and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions.

A

True

Reference: https://www.solarwinds.com/high-availability

26
Q

IPAM Supported DHCP Servers

A

Cisco, Infoblox, ISC and Microsoft

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/ipam/content/ipam-dhcp-management.htm

27
Q

What are the Scalability limits of LA/OLV in terms of the number of events per second?

A

1 000 Events per second

28
Q

Based on Netpath scalability, How many paths can you add per polling engine

A

100 paths

29
Q

According to the Netpath Scalability guide, How many paths can you add per Netpath probe?

A

10 paths per core
20 Paths/probe
100 paths per polling engine

Source: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/npm/content/npm-netpath-requirements.htm

30
Q

Port used by NetPath™ to query BGP information about the discovered IP addresses.

A

Port 43, 443

31
Q

SRM Scalability for the number of LUNs per poller and per Instance

A

Maximum of 40K LUNs per poller (main or additional)

Maximum of 160K LUNs per instance

32
Q

Scalability Limit of NTA per poller

A

50K flows per second

33
Q

WPM Scalability limit

A

12 WPM Recordings per player

34
Q

Scalability Limit for Security Event Manager (SEM)

A

Up to 216 million events per day (2,500 events per second)

5,000 rule hits per day

35
Q

Scalability Limit for (QoE)

A maximum number of nodes per sensor (NPAS):

A

50 nodes

36
Q

Scalability options

Maximum number of sensors deployed on your network:

A

1000 sensors

37
Q

You need to deploy this if you want to securely monitor offices over low bandwidth and high latency connections or small offices in remote locations

A

ORCs, Orion Remote Collector

38
Q

You can deploy this if you want to deploy your SolarWinds platform product in numerous remote locations without scaling up your installation

A

Remote Office Poller (ROP, mini-poller)

39
Q

True or False:

Agents installed on the SolarWinds platform server CANNOT be promoted to Remote Collectors.

A

TRUE

40
Q

High Availability over a single subnet is provided for SolarWinds products released on which Orion Platform version?

A

High Availability on a single subnet is provided for SolarWinds products released on SolarWinds Platform version 2016.2 and later.

41
Q

It is general term that refers to any server that extends the monitoring capacity of your SolarWinds installation, such as additional polling engines (APEs), additional polling engines (AWS), or High Availability (HA) backups.

A

Scalability Engine