About the Data Processing Service Collector

The Data Processing Service (DPS) Collector is the interface to the programs that do the actual work of collecting data from the network. Your Control Compliance Suite deployment can include multiple data collectors, each linked with a DPS Collector. The DPS Collector receives data collection jobs from the DPS Load Balancer and formats the job for the data collector. When the data collector processes the job and collects the data, the data collector transfers the data to the DPS Collector. The DPS Collector then returns the collected data to the DPS Load Balancer. If necessary, the DPS Load Balancer combines the data with data from one or more other DPS Collectors. Finally, the DPS Load Balancer sends the data to the Application Server for storage in the production database for use by the DPS Evaluator.

The DPS Collector collects the data from the data collectors, which in turn collect data from the network. Potentially, your installation of Control Compliance Suite can have a large number of DPS Collectors and associated data collectors. The DPS Load Balancer assigns jobs to the eligible DPS Collectors sequentially. The DPS Load Balancer does not base job assignments on the current load of a DPS Collector. If an eligible DPS Collector is unavailable, the DPS Load Balancer skips it and uses another eligible DPS Collector. This round robin assignment gives limited fault tolerance.

An eligible DPS Collector is any collector that has the ability to complete the data collection job. The DPS Collector site assignment or installed RMS snap-in modules can make the DPS Collector ineligible.

The Control Compliance Suite supports the following data collectors:

Used with a custom schema, the CSV files let you create any custom data collector and schema. This ability lets you use any custom data on your network, including data not ordinarily supported by Control Compliance Suite.

The data that the DPS Collector collects is compressed before the data is returned to the other Control Compliance Suite components.

More Information

About the Data Processing Service Load Balancer

About the Data Processing Service Evaluator

About the Data Processing Service Reporter