Last updated: 2026-03-31

Source: https://support.freshservice.com/support/solutions/articles/50000011875-sizing-recommendations

Sizing recommendation to help provision your Remote Collectors and Windows Discovery Service. The sizing requirements depend on the size of the environment and the features used.

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Different discoveries use different ports, you should only open the needed ports from the RC to the targets.

Asset Management componentsSizing and Notes
Remote Collector(s)One RC per 1000 workloads:<br>- Two vCPU<br> <br>- 4GB RAM<br> <br>- 50GB vDisk
Windows Discovery ServiceOne WDS per 1000 workloads:<br>- Two vCPU<br> <br>- 8GB RAM<br> <br>- 50GB vDisk (minimum)

Note: To maintain system stability and performance within your environment, we recommend the following:

  • Use a dedicated resource pool for the virtual appliance to ensure consistent availability and to prevent resource contention.
  • We recommend using Solid-state Storage (SSD) or similar storage optimized for high-performance database operations.
  • For organizations with Windows infrastructure, we recommend installing one WDS instance on a machine for each discovery segment or Remote Collector to ensure comprehensive scanning.
  • Monitor the resource usage of the RCs during peak scan times to see if more resources are needed. Set scans on a single RC to occur and start at different times, this balances the process.