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Recommended number of managed units reporting to a Guardium Central Manager

Question & Answer


Question

How many managed units (MU) are recommended to report to a Guardium Central Manager (CM)?

Answer

There is no hardcoded limit for the number of MUs reporting to a CM.
Based on experience the recommendation is not more than ~150.
Even with high RAM and CPU, after 150-170 MUs issues start to appear with CM performance. For example, in areas like:
  • CM redundancy, moving between primary and backup CMs 
  • Enterprise load balancing

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Modified date:
12 December 2022

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