Users Guide

Events Database Size

After tasks (status polling, OpenManage Server

Administrator deployment tasks, remote tasks, and

system update tasks) against these alerts are

executed

54.5 MB

After deleting all the alerts and sending 20000

alerts with all the alert actions configured

97.2 MB

During the daily maintenance, OpenManage Essentials compresses and optimizes the database.

OpenManage Essentials also downloads updates for managed servers. These updates are saved in the

local file system (not in the database) where OpenManage Essentials is installed.

NOTE: For more information, see the OpenManage Essentials Scalability and Performance technical

white paper at DellTechCenter.com/OME.

Network Bandwidth Utilization

The following table provides information about the network bandwidth utilized by OpenManage

Essentials on a network with a link speed of 1 Gbps.

Event Bandwidth utilized (in percent)

Discovery 0.64 for 100 devices

Inventory 1.16 for 100 devices

System update 5.34 for 10 targets and 10 packages

Remote task 4.42 (10 targets)

OpenManage Essentials at maximum use —

Discovery, inventory, scheduled inventory,

scheduled status, generic command-line task, and

OMSA deployment.

4.13

NOTE: The network bandwidth utilization may vary depending on the network interface controller

(NIC) and bandwidth allocation.

NOTE: The minimum network bandwidth required for OpenManage Essentials to work in a WAN

environment is 40 Mbps.

Minimum Login Roles for Microsoft SQL Server

The following table provides information about the minimum permissions for SQL Server based on

different installation and upgrade use cases.