Estimate the Effect of Statistics Collection on the Database in the vSphere Web Client

The impact of the statistics collection on your vCenter Server database depends on the current inventory size of vCenter Server.

Prerequisites

Required privilege: Global.Settings

Procedure

1. (Optional) If necessary, configure the statistics intervals.
2. In Database Size, estimate the effect of the statistics settings on the database.
   1. Enter the number of Physical Hosts.
   2. Enter the number of Virtual Machines.
      The estimated space required and number of database rows required are calculated and displayed.
   3. If necessary, make changes to your statistics collection settings.
3. Click OK.