Software Footprint
Note: Performance varies by environment and you may or may not see similar results.
Agents running standard agent scans
|
Agent Footprint on Disk |
Total Agent Software Footprint on Disk |
Average RAM Usage While Not Scanning |
Average RAM Usage While Scanning |
Average RAM Usage During Plugin Compilation |
Average Network Bandwidth Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
~40 MB |
~550 MB including plugin updates * |
~50 MB RAM |
~85 MB RAM |
~150 MB RAM |
~8 MB/day |
*Under certain conditions, disk usage can spike up to 1 GB.
Agents running inventory scans
|
Agent Footprint on Disk |
Total Agent Software Footprint on Disk |
Average RAM Usage While Not Scanning |
Average RAM Usage While Scanning |
Average RAM Usage During Plugin Compilation |
Average Network Bandwidth Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~40 MB | ~150 MB including plugin updates * | ~50 MB RAM | ~80 MB RAM | ~105 MB RAM | ~8 MB/day |
*Under certain conditions, disk usage can spike up to 200 MB.
For more information about inventory scanning, see Tenable-Provided Nessus Agent Templates in the Tenable.io User Guide.