Resource Thresholds

Control Hub monitors the following resources used by each Data Collector:
  • CPU load
  • Memory used (Data Collector 3.13.x and later)
  • Number of running pipelines
For each Data Collector, you can define a maximum threshold for each of these resources. When starting, balancing, or synchronizing jobs, Control Hub runs pipeline instances only on Data Collectors that have not exceeded any resource thresholds.
Note: If you start multiple jobs at the exact same time using the scheduler or using the Control Hub REST API, the number of pipelines running on a Data Collector can exceed the configured resource threshold. If exceeding the resource threshold is not acceptable, you can enable an organization property that synchronizes the start of multiple jobs.

When multiple matching Data Collectors have not exceeded their resource thresholds, Control Hub prioritizes Data Collectors that are currently running the fewest number of pipelines. For example, you start a job and two matching Data Collectors have the maximum CPU load set to 100%. Data Collector A is currently using 70% of the CPU and running 1 pipeline. Data Collector B is currently using 50% of the CPU and running 3 pipelines. Control Hub starts a pipeline instance for the job on Data Collector A.

When all matching Data Collectors have exceeded their resource thresholds, Control Hub randomly places jobs in a queue, giving the jobs a red active status. The job details display the following warning message:
JOBRUNNER_72 - Insufficient Data Collector resources to run job. All matching Data Collectors [<URLs>] have reached their maximum CPU usage limits.

When a matching Data Collector no longer exceeds its resource thresholds, Control Hub randomly assigns a job from the queue to that Data Collector, changing the job status to green active and running a pipeline instance on that Data Collector.

Defining Resource Thresholds

You can define the resource thresholds for any registered Data Collector.

  1. In the navigation panel, click Execute > Data Collectors.
  2. Expand the details for the Data Collector that you want to configure.
  3. Configure the following threshold values:
    Threshold Description
    Max CPU Load (%) Maximum percentage of CPU that can be used. Default is 100.
    Max Memory (%) Maximum percentage of memory that can be used. Default is 100.

    Monitored for Data Collector 3.13.x and later.
    Max Running Pipeline Count Maximum number of pipelines that can be running. Default is 1,000,000.
  4. Click Save.