Re: ISS Site Protector WAN Performance Issues

From: SJ (sjnospam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/29/03 

Date: 29 May 2003 04:16:38 -0700

"Alexander Delarge" <alex@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:<nO4Ba.1052347$S_4.1057337@rwcrnsc53>...
> "SJ" <sjnospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:7a7e72f4.0305280350.15553580@posting.google.com...
> > A previous message in the old thread mentioned how little event traffic
> > is generated by the Real Secure Sensors. This is true.
> >
> > However, I have a problem with the amount of traffic that the
> > SiteProtector server generates when it opens the control channel to the
> > Sensors to get system information. The average load is averaging
> > 150kbs/for 40 seconds/every 2 minutes. From what I understand, this is
> > hard coded into SiteProtector.
> >
> > This creates a pretty significant problem when I have a 512kb wan link
> > with 4 sensors on one end and SP on the other.
> >
> > The event collector has nothing to do with this, so adding event
> > collectors remotely does not help.
> >
> > ISS support tells me that the solution is application servers need to
> > be on the same LAN. One that is not an acceptable answer and 2 the
> > Application Server Service being off on a "Basic Installation" does not
> > affect the traffic generated.
> >
> > Any ideas or more information on the subject??
>
> Put the entire SP system on the remote wan. When you want to look at events,
> connect to it over the WAN link either via terminal services session, VNC,
> or just use the Java console. The only time you'll be loading down that WAN
> link is when you're connected to SP.
>
> Alex

Alex
Thank you for the input, but I left out a key bit of information. I
have several sensors distributed around the WAN over several different
links. The SP server is at the location with the most sensors. The
product is supposed to be scalable this way.
Thanks Again
SJ

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