Calculate node availability and a baseline in SAM
The Availability Calculation setting on the SolarWinds Platform Polling Settings view provides a choice between the following two methods for determining device availability.
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Node Status
Starting in 2019.2, Enhanced Node Status includes child objects.
- Percent Packet Loss
To learn more, see Calculate node availability in the SolarWinds Platform.
Calculate a baseline
Much of the raw data that SAM polls from nodes is provided initially as counter values. If you do not need statistics immediately, or if you do not want SAM to calculate a baseline at startup, disable baseline calculation at startup by setting the Baseline Calculation option on the SolarWinds Platform Polling Settings view to False.
Baseline calculation requires significant data gathering and processing. Until baseline calculation is completed, both SolarWinds Platform server performance and the CPU performance of some of network routers may be adversely affected.
To learn more, see Adjust threshold settings and apply baseline data in SAM.