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Docs: Add system resources section to FAQ

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@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Below are some of the most common questions we receive about the Infection Monke
- [How do I change the log level of the Monkey Island logger?](#how-do-i-change-the-log-level-of-the-monkey-island-logger)
- [Running the Infection Monkey in a production environment](#running-the-infection-monkey-in-a-production-environment)
- [How much of a footprint does the Infection Monkey leave?](#how-much-of-a-footprint-does-the-infection-monkey-leave)
- [What's the Infection Monkey's impact on system resources usage?](#whats-the-infection-monkeys-impact-on-system-resources-usage)
- [What's the Infection Monkey Agent's impact on system resources usage?](#whats-the-infection-monkeys-impact-on-system-resources-usage)
- [What are the system resource requirements for the Monkey Island?](#what-are-the-system-resource-requirements-for-the-monkey-island)
- [Is it safe to use real passwords and usernames in the Infection Monkey's configuration?](#is-it-safe-to-use-real-passwords-and-usernames-in-the-infection-monkeys-configuration)
- [How do you store sensitive information on Monkey Island?](#how-do-you-store-sensitive-information-on-monkey-island)
- [How stable are the exploitations used by the Infection Monkey? Will the Infection Monkey crash my systems with its exploits?](#how-stable-are-the-exploitations-used-by-the-infection-monkey-will-the-infection-monkey-crash-my-systems-with-its-exploits)
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- Path on Linux: `/tmp/user-1563`
- Path on Windows: `%temp%\\~df1563.tmp`
### What's the Infection Monkey's impact on system resources usage?
### What's the Infection Monkey Agent's impact on system resources usage?
The Infection Monkey uses less than a single-digit percent of CPU time and very low RAM usage. For example, on a single-core Windows Server machine, the Infection Monkey consistently uses 0.06% CPU, less than 80MB of RAM and a small amount of I/O periodically.
The Infection Monkey Agent uses less than a single-digit percent of CPU time and very low RAM usage. For example, on a single-core Windows Server machine, the Infection Monkey Agent consistently uses 0.06% CPU, less than 80MB of RAM and a small amount of I/O periodically.
If you do experience any performance issues please let us know on [our Slack channel](https://infectionmonkey.slack.com/) or [open an issue on GitHub](https://github.com/guardicore/monkey).
### What are the system resource requirements for the Monkey Island?
#### Linux
**CPU**: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz or better
**CPU Cores**: 2
**RAM**: 4GB
#### Windows
**CPU**: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz or better
**CPU Cores**: 4
**RAM**: 6GB
### Is it safe to use real passwords and usernames in the Infection Monkey's configuration?
Absolutely! User credentials are stored encrypted in the Monkey Island server. This information is accessible only to users that have access to the specific Monkey Island.