# Real world configuration

Server with Zabbix 1.0 installed (RedHat Linux 8.0, kernel 2.4.18-14,
MySQL/MyISAM 3.23.54a-4, Pentium IV 1.5Ghz, 256Mb, IDE) is able to
collect more than 200 parameters per second from servers being monitored
(assuming no network delays).

How many servers can be monitored by Zabbix on the hardware, one may
ask? It depends on number of monitored parameters and how often Zabbix
should acquire these parameters. Suppose, each server you monitor has
ten parameters to watch for. You want to update these parameters once in
30 seconds. Doing simple calculation, we see that Zabbix is able to
handle 600 servers (or 6000 checks). In case if these parameters need to
be updated once in a minute, the hardware configuration will be able to
handle 600x2=1200 servers. These calculations made in assumption that
all monitored values are retrieved as soon as required (latency is 0).
If this is not a requirement, then number of monitored servers can be
increased even up to 5x-10x times.