Appendix 1. Resource consumption optimization

When scanning objects, Kaspersky Endpoint Security uses CPU resources, disk subsystem input/output, and RAM.

To view the resource consumption by the application, execute the following command:

top -bn1|grep kesl

The command must be executed when the system is loaded.

The command output shows the amount of used memory and processor time:

651 root 20 0 3014172 2.302g 154360 S 120.0 30.0 0:32.80 kesl

Column 6 displays the amount of resident memory – 2.302g.

Column 9 displays the percentage of the processor cores usage – 120.0, where each core is represented by 100 percent. Thus, 120% means that one core is fully used, and the other is used at 20%.

If Kaspersky Endpoint Security critically slows down the system while scanning objects, you must configure the application to optimize system resource utilization.

In this section

Determining the task that consumes resources

Configuring the File Threat Protection task

Configuring the On-demand Scan task

Setting the application memory usage limit

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