Maximum number of capsules servers supported on a Red Hat Satellite server.
Environment
- Red Hat Satellite 6
- Red Hat Capsule 6
Issue
- What is the maximum number of Red Hat Capsules servers supported on a Red Hat Satellite server to run without any performance impact?
- Is there a limit on a number of capsules that could integrate with satellite?
Resolution
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The maximum number of Red Hat Capsule Servers that the Red Hat Satellite Server can support has no fixed limit.
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It was tested that a Satellite Server can support 17 Capsule Servers with 2 vCPUs. However, scalability is highly variable, especially when managing Puppet clients.
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Refer to Appendix A. Capsule Server scalability considerations when managing Puppet clients for more details.
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