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Client Requirements

DPOD's web user interface requires the following for administration and end users:

  • The Web Console requires a minimum screen resolution of 1280 X 720.
  • Supported user web browsers are Firefox - latest 2 versions , Internet Explorer 11+ (not Edge) , Chrome - latest 2 versions , Safari -  latest 2 versions

Monitored Device (DataPower Gateway) Requirements 

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Requirements

  • Supported Gateway firmware level is 2018.4.x.
  • DPOD supports Supported API Connect v2018version is 2018.24.5 x (compatibility mode) or v5.0.7.2+
  • If any of the the monitored devices attached to DPOD is to be upgraded to firmware versions 7.6.0.0- 7.6.0.7 you MUST upgrade to DPOD 1.0.5.0+ before the firmware upgrade in order to be able to browse transactions from this device.
  • If any of the the monitored devices attached to DPOD is to be upgraded to firmware versions 7.6.0.8 OR  7.7.1+ you MUST upgrade to DPOD 1.0.8.0+ before the firmware upgrade in order to be able to browse transactions from this device.
  • DPOD supports only DataPower with language set to English.

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  • API GW Service or API Connect 5.0.8.x.
  • Gateway language must be set to English.

Physical HW or Hypervisor 

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For a production environment suitable for hypervisor (virtual environment), the virtual appliance is supported on the following VMware hypervisors:

  • VMWare ESX  v5.5 , ESX  v6.0, v6.5
  • VMWare Player - v12.0 , v12.5  v14, v15
  • VMWare Workstation - v12.0 , v12.5  v14, v15
  • VMware Fusion v8v11.0, v11.5
  • PureApp (only on Intel Processors) - no pattern yet available, can be provided only as an imported OVA.
  • For Hyper V support - contact your IBM sales representatives.

Resources Requirements

DPOD offers 6 basic load configuration setups.

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  • Five load configuration architecture setups that exist for the Standard Edition are available in: 

    • Appliance Mode (ISO file) - DPOD_CentOS_<version>.iso (Can be download from PPA) - for example: DPOD_CentOS_1.0.10.40.iso 

    • Non-Appliance Mode (Compressed Executable file) - DPOD_RedHat_<version>.cef (Can be download from PPA) - for example: DPOD_CentOSRedHat_1.0.310.0.cef


The following table lists the typical usage characteristics for each setup edition, and the physical or virtual resources it requires.

Availability in

Edition

Load Configuration Architecture Setup

Goal

TPS Limits recommended(4)

Supports Virtual Env

Cores (1)

Memory (3)

Storage (GB)

Developer

Development

Developers only. In rare cases can be used for functional POCs.

restricted license

2-3

Yes

2

3 GB

All: 20GB25GB

Standard

Minimal

POCs and Evaluation.

Limited history period to reduce memory requirements

5

Yes

4

18 GB

OS: 40
Install: 40
Data(2): 100+

Standard

Low

Environment An environment with low load levels

40

Yes

6

32 GB

OS: 40
Install: 40
Data(2): 100+

Standard

Medium

Environment An environment with Moderate Medium load

80

Yes

8

64GB

OS: 40
Install: 40
Data(2): 300+

Standard

High

Environment An environment with High load

120

Yes, but not recommended

12

128GB

OS: 40
Install: 40
Data(2): 1,000+

Standard

High_20dv

Environment An environment with Medium Very High load

200

Can be increased to 1500 TPS(5) 

No. Must be installed on a physical server

16 (Physical)

200GB

OS: 40
Install: 40
Data(2): 2,000

Standard

High_20dv


Environment An environment with Very High load up to 1500 TPS

1500 TPS(5) 

No. Must be installed on a physical server

24 (Physical)(5) 

256GB

OS: 40
Install: 40
Data(2+5): 8,000

StandardHigh_20dvAn environment with Very High  load up to 2750 TPS2750 TPS(6)No. Must be installed on a physical serverPhysical(6)TBD(6)TBD(6)

Customers who need to handle more than 1500 TPS will be required to install sepereated multiple nodesto use a Federated Architecture.

Customers who expect to handle the load over 200 TPS will require to start a sizing process by an open ticket to IBM Support - L2.

High Load capacity plan sizing example

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7 Nodes = 10,500 TPS.

Each DPOD environment (up to 7 nodes) will support no more than 10,000 TPS and up to 7 nodes.

Customers with higher load still are expected to create separate environments, each can handle up to 10,000 TPS.

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(3) Best query performance is achieved by using a reserved memory configuration. A server which expected to reach 70% of the TPS Limits recommended or more in the table above should set the memory reserved

(4) The TPS is the total transaction load across all devices/domains connected to DPOD

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(5) To cater for 1500 TPS, customers are required to have 256GB memory, 24 Physical cores (each is HyperThreaded Hyper-Threaded thus equivalent to a total of 48), Local storage with RAID0 across 4-8 SSD Disks (SAS 6GBs) - each supporting at least 80K Random Write IOPS 4KiB and write avg latency of less than 35 uSec. Two controllers will be required to be attached to each CPU. Please keep the ratio between RAM and Data storage size to be 1GB RAM : 16GB Data Disk (recommended) and no more than 1 GB RAM :32GB DISK (minimal).

(6) To cater for 2750 TPS, customers will be provided with specifications after a sizing process with L3.


  

Storage Recommendation

  • DPOD serves as a database and should therefore be should, therefore, be configured to use very fast disks. For this reason, DPOD installation requires 3 separate DISKS  for OS , Installatio and Installation and Data.
  • Usage of slow disks is not recommended and will impact the amount of time between the creation of transaction logs and the availability of the data on DPOD's dashboards.
  • For Physical hardware installations that can utilize HW RAID services the following setup is recommendrecommended:
    • RAID5 - 40GB - for OS disk
    • RAID5 - 40GB - for App disk
    • RAID0 - Depends on volume - for Data disk. 

  • For each 1 TB of data 64 GB of RAM is recommended for responsive queries (dashboards and filters). Please keep the ratio between RAM and Data storage size to be 1GB RAM : 16GB Data Disk (recommended) and no more than 1 GB RAM :32GB DISK (minimal).

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DPOD requires at least one network interface for accessing DPOD's User Interface and communications with DataPowerGateway's Management Interface.

Operating System Requirements - Only applicable to Non Appliance mode

  • CentOS 7.4.0 6/7.2.0 7 - x86-64 bit or bit only on supported HW or Hypervisor as stated above
  • RHEL 7.2.0 6/7.4.0 7 - x86-64 bit only on supported HW or Hypervisor as stated above Hardware and Software Requirements Hypervisor SW. (7.3 is not Supported. 7.2 will be out of support in 2019H2 )
  • Server OS must be a fresh install without any other installed products .
  • In Non Appliance mode the OS support is not covered but recommendations will be provided.
  • Other 3rd party software products for backups, security and monitoring may be installed. However, due to diversity their impact is unknown.
  • During resolution of issues, DPOD support will ask the customer to disable these 3rd party tools, so that issues may be isolated and DPOD verified as their source. Support will not be provided if the 3rd party tools are not disabled.

Client Requirements

DPOD's web user interface requires the following for administration and end users:

  • The Web Console requires a minimum screen resolution of 1280 X 720.
  • Supported user web browsers are Firefox - latest 2 versions , Internet Explorer 11+ (not Edge) , Chrome - latest 2 versions , Safari -  latest 2 versions

Utility Software for Administrators

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