7.2. Satellite Server with External Database
When you install Satellite, the satellite-installer command creates databases on the same server that you install Satellite. Depending on your requirements, moving to external databases can provide increased working memory for Satellite, which can improve response times for database operating requests. Moving to external databases distributes the workload and can increase the capacity for performance tuning.
Consider using external databases if you plan to use your Satellite deployment for the following scenarios:
- Frequent remote execution tasks. This creates a high volume of records in PostgreSQL and generates heavy database workloads.
- High disk I/O workloads from frequent repository synchronization or Content View publishing. This causes Satellite to create a record in PostgreSQL for each job.
- High volume of hosts.
- High volume of synced content.
For more information about using an external database, see Using External Databases with Satellite in Installing Satellite Server from a Connected Network.
