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page_title: "Frequently Asked Questions"
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# Frequently Asked Questions
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## Q: Why is virtual memory usage high?
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Consul makes use of [LMDB](http://symas.com/mdb/) internally for various data
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storage purposes. LMDB relies on using memory-mapping, a technique in which
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a sparse file is represented as a contiguous range of memory. Consul configures
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high limits for these file sizes and as a result relies on large chunks of
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virtual memory to be allocated. However, in practice, the limits are much larger
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than any realistic deployment of Consul would ever use, and the resident memory or
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physical memory used is much lower.
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## Q: What is Checkpoint? / Does Consul call home?
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Consul makes use of a HashiCorp service called [Checkpoint](http://checkpoint.hashicorp.com)
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which is used to check for updates and critical security bulletins.
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Only anonymous information, which cannot be used to identify the user or host, is
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sent to Checkpoint . An anonymous ID is sent which helps de-duplicate warning messages.
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This anonymous ID can can be disabled. In fact, using the Checkpoint service is optional
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and can be disabled.
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See [`disable_anonymous_signature`](/docs/agent/options.html#disable_anonymous_signature)
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and [`disable_update_check`](/docs/agent/options.html#disable_update_check).
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## Q: How does Atlas integration work?
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Consul makes use of a HashiCorp service called [SCADA](http://scada.hashicorp.com)
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(Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition). The SCADA system allows clients to maintain
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long-running connections to Atlas. Atlas can in turn provide auto-join facilities for
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Consul agents (supervisory control) and an integrated dashboard showing the health of
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all connected agents (data acquisition).
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Standard ACLs can be applied to the SCADA connection, ensuring that Atlas is given only
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those privileges that make sense for your deployment.
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Using the SCADA service is optional. SCADA is only enabled by opt-in.
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See the [Atlas integration guide](/docs/guides/atlas.html) for more details.
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