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A Top Level Relay is a relay that directly communicates with the BigFix Server and has other relays as its children. A Top Level Relay has no limit as to the number of relays they can manage, but it is recommended to have no more than 1000 relays per Top Level Relay for optimal performance. When designing a relay hierarchy, the BigFix Administrator should consider the following factors:

• The network bandwidth and latency between the relays and the server
• The number and size of the fixlets, actions, and reports that are exchanged between the relays and the server
• The CPU and memory resources of the relays and the server
• The relay affiliation and selection settings of the clients and the relays
• The encryption and decryption of the client reports by the relays and the server

References:

• Creating top-level decrypting relays
• Top-Level Relays - Platform - BigFix Forum
• Relay Health - BigFix
• Creating top-level decrypting relays - IBM

• If UDP is not allowed on a network segment, the BigFix clients on that segment will not receive the UDP notifications from the server or relay, and will rely on the default 45-minute polling interval to check for new actions.1
• To reduce the delay in receiving new actions, you can enable the client polling feature, which allows the clients to poll the server or relay more frequently for new commands.2
• To enable the client polling feature, you need to set two client settings on the target clients:2
• You can set these client settings either through the console or manually on the endpoint.4
• After setting these client settings, the clients will poll the server or relay at the specified interval and receive new actions faster.

References:

• 1: https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_sample_proxy_configurations.html
• 2: https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Config/r_client_set.html#_BESClient_Comm_CommandPollEnable
• 3: https://forum.bigfix.com/t/an-overview-on-the-client-evaluation-cycle/28056
• 4: https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Config/r_client_set.html#Making_a_configuration_setting

• The download cache size on a relay or a server can be changed by using the Fixlet ID# 148 BES Relay/Server Setting: Download Cache Size, available from the BES Support Site.
• This Fixlet allows the administrator to specify the desired cache size in MB as a parameter of the action.
• To increase the cache size to 10 GB, the administrator needs to enter 10240 as the value of the parameter, since 1 GB = 1024 MB.
• The Fixlet will then create or modify the client setting _BESGather_Download_CacheLimitMB on the target relay or server, and set its value to the specified parameter.
• The Fixlet will also restart the BES Client service on the target relay or server to apply the new setting.
• The new cache size will take effect after the service restarts, and the relay or server will be able to store more downloaded files in its cache. References:
• Managing Downloads
• BES Client download cache limit?
• The download size exceeds the maximum value set in the client setting