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Environment Watch Performance Impact
Overview
This document provides transparent information about the performance overhead Environment Watch introduces to standard Relativity workloads, based on testing conducted in a controlled, production-like environment. Actual performance may vary depending on workload characteristics, environment size, infrastructure configuration, and usage patterns.
Performance Impact on Relativity Workloads
Environment Watch has been rigorously tested to ensure minimal impact on your Relativity operations. Here's what you can expect:
Performance Results Summary
The results below reflect observed outcomes from internal testing and are provided for transparency. These results should not be interpreted as guaranteed performance improvements for all Environment Watch deployments.
| Workload Category | Impact | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Processing | +8% faster | Processing operations demonstrated improved performance across all stages. Inventory was 3-8% faster, Discovery results matched closely (within a minute variance), and Publish operations were up to 19% faster, resulting in an approximate 8% overall improvement. |
| Review (Conversion) | +5% faster | Review operations saw a modest 5% improvement, providing slightly faster document conversion without any workflow disruption. |
| Imaging & Production | Stable (±4%) | Imaging and production performance remained stable, with changes within a ±4% range, resulting in no meaningful impact to customer workflows. |
| Data Transfer | +6% faster | Data transfer operations showed performance improvements with Imports demonstrating ~10% faster performance on average, while Exports (excluding RIP Images Export) were ~1% faster on average, resulting in an approximate 6% overall improvement. |
Test Environment Specifications
Server Configuration Summary
| Server Role | Quantity | Specs |
|---|---|---|
| Web Servers | 3 | Standard D8s v5 (8 vCPUs, 32 GiB RAM) |
| Core Agent Servers | 6 | Standard D8s v5 (8 vCPUs, 32 GiB RAM) |
| Processing Workers | 4 | Standard D16ls v6 (16 vCPUs, 32 GiB RAM) |
| Data Grid Servers | 3 | Standard D8s v4 (8 vCPUs, 32 GiB RAM) |
| SQL Primary | 1 | Standard D8as v5 (8 vcpus, 32 GiB RAM) |
| SQL Invariant | 1 | Standard DS13 v2 (8 vcpus, 56 GiB RAM) |
| SQL Distributed | 1 | Standard DS14-8 v2 (8 vcpus, 112 GiB RAM) |
| Analytics Server | 1 | Standard D8s v4 (8 vCPUs, 32 GiB RAM) |
| Conversion Agent | 1 | Standard D8s v5 (8 vCPUs, 32 GiB RAM) |
| DtSearch Agent | 1 | Standard D8ls v5 (8 vCPUs, 16 GiB RAM) |
| RabbitMQ Server | 1 | Standard D8ls v5 (8 vCPUs, 16 GiB RAM) |
| PDF Server | 1 | Standard D8s v5 (8 vCPUs, 32 GiB RAM) |
This comprehensive test environment, ranging from Small to Medium scale, mirrors typical production Relativity deployments and ensures our performance results are representative of real-world customer workloads.
Conclusion
Environment Watch has demonstrated minimal to positive impact on Relativity workloads based on comprehensive testing in a controlled, production-like environment. Most operations showed performance improvements, with Processing, Data Transfer, and Review performing faster, while Imaging and Production workflows remained stable. Environment Watch is designed to deliver observability and monitoring capabilities with minimal overhead; however, actual performance results may vary based on customer-specific configurations, environment size, and workload characteristics.
