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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion layouts/shortcodes/dbm-mysql-agent-config-examples.en.md
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### One agent connecting to multiple hosts
It is common to configure a single Agent host to connect to multiple remote database instances (see [Agent installation architectures](/database_monitoring/architecture/) for DBM). To connect to multiple hosts, create an entry for each host in the MySQL integration config.
In these cases, Datadog recommends limiting the number of instances per Agent to a maximum of 10 database instances to guarantee reliable performance.
An agent with 4 CPUs and 16GB of RAM can monitor up to 30 databases with the same resources each.
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An agent with 4 CPUs and 16GB of RAM can monitor up to 30 databases with the same resources each.
For example, an Agent running on a host with 4 CPU cores and 16 GB of RAM can usually monitor up to 30 databases.


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init_config:
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### One agent connecting to multiple hosts
It is common to configure a single Agent host to connect to multiple remote database instances (see [Agent installation architectures](/database_monitoring/architecture/) for DBM). To connect to multiple hosts, create an entry for each host in the Postgres integration config.
In these cases, Datadog recommends limiting the number of instances per Agent to a maximum of 10 database instances to guarantee reliable performance.
An agent with 4 CPUs and 16GB of RAM can monitor up to 30 databases with the same resources each.
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An agent with 4 CPUs and 16GB of RAM can monitor up to 30 databases with the same resources each.
For example, an Agent running on a host with 4 CPU cores and 16 GB of RAM can usually monitor up to 30 databases.

```yaml
init_config:
instances:
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### One Agent connecting to multiple hosts
It is common to configure a single Agent host to connect to multiple remote database instances (see [Agent installation architectures][1006] for DBM). To connect to multiple hosts, create an entry for each host in the SQL Server integration config.
In these cases, Datadog recommends limiting the number of instances per Agent to a maximum of 10 database instances to guarantee reliable performance.
An agent with 4 CPUs and 16GB of RAM can monitor up to 30 databases with the same resources each.
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An agent with 4 CPUs and 16GB of RAM can monitor up to 30 databases with the same resources each.
For example, an Agent running on a host with 4 CPU cores and 16 GB of RAM can usually monitor up to 30 databases.

```yaml
init_config:
instances:
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[1005]: https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/blob/master/sqlserver/datadog_checks/sqlserver/data/conf.yaml.example
[1006]: /database_monitoring/architecture/
[1006]: /database_monitoring/architecture/
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