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Add sizing information to README (open-telemetry#40)
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## Sizing
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The OpenTelemetry Collector can be scaled up or out as needed. A single
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Collector is generally capable of over 10,000 spans per second per CPU core.
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The recommendation is to use a ratio of 1:2 for CPU:memory and to allocate at
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least a CPU core per Collector. Multiple Collectors can deployed behind a load
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balancer. Each Collector runs independently, so sizing increases linearly with
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the number of Collectors you deploy.
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## Advanced Configuration
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### Command Line Arguments

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