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Samples that are collected every 2 hours are stored for 1 month.
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Samples that are collected on 1 day are stored for 1 year.
For all statistics intervals, the default level is 1. It uses the Cluster Services, CPU, Disk, Memory, Network,
System, and Virtual Machine Operations counters.
Estimate the Eect of Statistics Collection on the Database in the
vSphere Web Client
The impact of the statistics collection on your vCenter Server database depends on the current inventory
size of vCenter Server.
Prerequisites
Required privilege: Global.Settings
Procedure
1 (Optional) If necessary, configure the statistics intervals.
2 In Database Size, estimate the effect of the statistics settings on the database.
a Enter the number of Physical Hosts.
b Enter the number of Virtual Machines.
The estimated space required and number of database rows required are calculated and
displayed.
c If necessary, make changes to your statistics collection settings.
3 Click OK.
Data Collection Levels
Each collection interval has a default collection level that determines the amount of data gathered and
which counters are available for display in the charts. Collection levels are also referred to as statistics
levels.
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