Hardware for the Zabbix proxy

Some users and customers think that the Zabbix proxy requires as much hardware as the Zabbix server. This idea is wrong. The Zabbix proxy is tasked with data collection without even evaluating whether the data type is in accordance with the configuration item. In other words, the Zabbix proxy is so simple that the hardware is minimized. Zabbix SIA says that, and re-emphasizes the fact that, the Zabbix proxy can be used embedded in dedicated hardware. Some companies even sell dedicated appliances for it. What should be the size of the Zabbix proxy hardware? In practice, some rules for hardware for the Zabbix server also apply to the Zabbix proxy.

The most important information to size up the hardware for the Zabbix proxy is the vps. In modest hardware (such as Raspberry Pi model A) with a 700 MHz CPU and 256 MB of RAM, we can get more than 250 vps.

Remember that this equipment (such as the Raspberry Pi) usually makes use of an SD card or microSD card that has limited...