QuickConnect Dashboard: the Agent
September 17th, 2007
The next piece of the QuickConnect infrastructure that I want to focus on is the Agent. While the Control Center has a global view of all Connect instances, each Agent is responsible for monitoring and maintaining just one Connect instance. And so the Agent is critical to the value that we add over and above other Connect deployment options.
Here are some of the tasks that the Agent performs. First, it checks the health of its Connect instance every 15 seconds, and takes immediate action if Connect does not respond. Second, it performs regular database tuning and analysis for Connect. Third, it manages backups for Connect. Fourth, it does anti-virus scanning and intrusion analysis for its Connect instance. And those are only some of the things that the Agent does.
I’ll have more to say about the Agent in the coming weeks. Next up: remote monitoring.
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