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Additional Polling Engine

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Unit
Polling engine
Aliases
APE; scalability engine
Definition
NPM licensing model: "To monitor over 12,000 elements, use additional polling engines (APEs). Each APE requires a license."
Counting rules
Up to four polling engine licences can be stacked on one server to keep the default polling interval. APEs are included without extra licences with node-based SAM licences (SAM data only) and with the Observability Self-Hosted Enterprise edition; Standard edition customers who need APEs must buy the Enterprise edition.
Applies to products
  • SolarWinds Platform
  • Network Performance Monitor
  • SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted
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