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 Vulnerability Management User Guide.