# The upper limit of resource consumption of OneAgent itself

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/the-upper-limit-of-resource-consumption-of-oneagent-itself/12962>\
**Category:** Open Q&A\
**Tags:** oneagent\
**Created:** [June 26, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/the-upper-limit-of-resource-consumption-of-oneagent-itself/12962 "2018-06-26T05:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![nkobayashi1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/nkobayashi1/32/5187_2.png) [@nkobayashi1](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/nkobayashi1)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/the-upper-limit-of-resource-consumption-of-oneagent-itself/12962/1 "2018-06-26T05:05:02Z")

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Hi,

Could you tell us the upper limit of resource consumption of OneAgent itself?

According to the following post, there is the upper limit of resource consumption of OneAgent itself.

> The Watchdog is also Monitoring the overhead of the One Agent and will for example minimize Network Monitoring if the Overhead goes above 5% CPU. [https://community.dynatrace.com/questions/181079/■■…](https://community.dynatrace.com/questions/181079/how-much-overhead-does-the-)oneagent-take.html

We would like to know about follows.

- CPU
- Memory
- Traffic

Best Regards,  
Noah Kobayashi

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**Author:** ![MaciejNeumann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@MaciejNeumann](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/MaciejNeumann)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/the-upper-limit-of-resource-consumption-of-oneagent-itself/12962/2 "2020-02-26T16:09:42Z")

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Hello [@Noah K.](https://answers.dynatrace.com/users/6039/view.html),

In this documentation page, you can find the information about the OneAgent RAM usage:  
[OneAgent code module memory requirements](https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/shortlink/id_oneagent_code_module_memory_requirements?_ga=2.45112806.313817504.1582534699-1229378446.1573204340)

And in this question you can read other users experience with this topic:  
[How much overhead does the oneagent take?](https://answers.dynatrace.com/spaces/482/dynatrace-open-qa/questions/181079/how-much-overhead-does-the-oneagent-take.html)