Azure virtual machine footprint

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated October 14, 2024
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    • The following tables describe Azure virtual machine (VM) resource consumption in a Linux environment.

    Table 1. Azure VM footprint - daily consumption
    Parameter Value
    Host spec Ubuntu OS 20, 8 CPUs, 16GB RAM, 1000MB/s
    Policy name Azure VM metrics (Linux proxy agent)
    Check name Azure metrics collector
    Number of VMs 10K
    Number of checks 1
    Number of metrics / minute 350K
    Network utilization - Tx (Agent > MID) 16 MB/s
    Network utilization - Tx (Agent < MID) 18 MB/s
    Memory consumption ˜180MB
    CPU of all checks ˜0%
    Process CPU utilization 70%
    Host CPU utilization ˜95%
    Table 2. Azure VM footprint - length consumption (6 days)
    Parameter Value
    Host spec Ubuntu OS 20, 8 CPUs, 16GB RAM, 1000MB/s
    Policy name Azure VM metrics (Linux proxy agent)
    Check name Azure metrics collector
    Number of VMs 10K
    Number of checks 1
    Number of metrics / minute 350K
    Network utilization - Tx (Agent > MID) 17 MB/s
    Network utilization - Tx (Agent < MID) 20 MB/s
    Memory consumption ˜144MB
    CPU of all checks ˜0%
    Process CPU utilization 65%
    Host CPU utilization ˜93%