Bandwidth usage and performance metrics

The approximate bandwidth, CPU, and memory consumption for operations performed using ADAudit Plus is discussed below:

Testing environment

The metric details have been concluded based on the following network setup:

Specification of the computer on which ADAudit Plus is installed

OS - Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition

  • Processor - Intel Xeon Silver 4214R CPU
  • Processor speed - 2.39GHz
  • Installed RAM - 16GB
  • Heap of product used - 1GB
Network setupActive Directory-based setup
Total number of computers1 computer
Network bandwidth1 GBps
Compatible product versionADAudit Plus Version 7 Build number : 7080

Bandwidth consumption

The table below shows the bandwidth consumption for event collection both with and without Agent installation.

OperationModeNo. of events fetchedBandwidth consumption per computerData transfer rate
Event CollectionAgent~1.04 million1295 MB3.37 MBps
Agentless~1.06 million3213 MB17.67 MBps

Performance metrics - Agent footprint

Agent installation will occupy a disk space of up to 2 GB (approximately) on the drive. The data shown below has been predicted from:

  • a single agent machine for event collection.
  • a single user session for session recording.

Table 1 - CPU Consumption during initial setup

Agent processEvent collection typeRunning application nameCPU consumption (Approx.)Memory (RAM) consumption (Approx.)
Event collectionSchedule modeADAPAgent.exe13 - 14 %*65 - 75 MB
Real-time10 - 18%*73 - 86 MB
Session recordingReal-timeADAPSessionMonitoring.exe0.25 - 0.45%52 - 61 MB
*Note: The above value denotes the CPU consumption when event collection happens for the first time. CPU consumption varies based on the size of the event log data read from the Event Viewer. The above values were obtained for a configured event log size of 4 GB.

Table 2 - CPU Consumption for everyday tasks

Agent processEvent collection typeRunning application nameCPU consumption (Approx.)Memory (RAM) consumption (Approx.)
Event collectionSchedule modeADAPAgent.exe1 - 2 %65 - 75 MB
Real-time1- 2%73 - 86 MB
Session recordingReal-timeADAPSessionMonitoring.exe0.25 - 0.45%52 - 61 MB

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