Trap Storm causes Spectrum Server to Crash

Products

• CA Spectrum
• CA eHealth

Issue/Introduction

Trap Storm of 30,000 traps per minute caused the spectroserver.exe to crash.

Environment

Component : Spectrum Core / SpectroSERVER

Cause

Spectrum Server is overloaded by excessive incoming traps.

Resolution

• Trap Storm of 30,000 traps per minute caused the spectroserver.exe to crash.
• There are many factors involved but typically a SS can handle 300-500 traps per second sustained for 1-2 hours until the process get overloaded and cannot keep up.
• Sustained traps of 30,000 per minute would indicate a second landscape is required to distribute the load more evenly.