By default, the Helm chart that installs Cisco AppDynamics Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collectors provisions each OpenTelemetry™ collector with the following resources:

ResourceAllocationDeploymentResource Configuration
CPU136 mone pod per node4 Node cluster
Memory960 MiB

one pod per node

4 Node cluster


Assuming the listed resources allocated, each Cisco AppDynamics Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector should be able to handle the following load profile:

SignalThroughput per minuteAverage Record Size
Metrics14000< 1 KB
Events2500< 1 KB
Logs7500< 1 KB
Traces56000< 1 KB

Customize Scaling

Depending on the traffic pattern, use the previous reference to appropriately allocate the resource limits of Cisco AppDynamics Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector pods. See Performance and Scaling for Kubernetes Collectors and Operators and Customize Resource Request.

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