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
- DPOD supports only the supported firmware - 7.2.0.20+, 7.5.0.12+ ,7.5.12+ ,7.5.2.12+, 7.6.0.7+, 7.7.1.1+, 2018.4.1.x
- However some functionalities are available starting a specific firmware level. For more details please see release notes.
- DPOD supports API Connect v2018.2.5+ (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.
Server Requirements
Physical HW or Hypervisor
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- VMWare ESX v5.5 , v6.0, v6.5
- VMWare Player - v12.0 , v12.5
- VMWare Workstation - v12.0 , v12.5, v14
- VMware Fusion v8.0
- 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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Availability in Edition | Load Configuration Architecture Setup | Goal | TPS Limits recommended(4) | Supports Virtual Env | Cores (1) | Memory (3) | Storage (GB) |
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| 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 |
| Standard | Low | Environment with low load levels | 40 | Yes | 6 | 32 GB | OS: 40 |
| Standard | Medium | Environment with Moderate load | 80 | Yes | 8 | 64GB | OS: 40 |
| Standard | High | Environment with High load | 120 | Yes, but not recommended | 12 | 128GB | OS: 40 |
| Standard | High_20dv | Environment with Medium load | 200 Can be increased to 1500 TPS(5) | No. Must be installed on a physical server | 16 (Physical) | 200GB | OS: 40 |
| Standard | High_20dv | Environment with High load | 1500 TPS(5) | No. Must be installed on a physical server | 24 (Physical)(5) | 256GB | OS: 40 |
Customers who need to handle more than 1500 TPS will be required to install sepereated multiple nodesseparated multiple nodes.
Customers who expect to handle load over 200 TPS will require to start a sizing process by open ticket to IBM Support - L2.
High Load capacity plan sizing example
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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 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 serves as a database and 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 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 recommend:
- 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 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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Operating System Requirements - Only applicable to Non Appliance mode
- CentOS 7.5.0/ 7.4.0 / 7.2.0/7.6 - x86-64 bit or bit only on supported HW or Hypervisor as stated above
- RHEL 7.2.0 /7.4.0/7.5.0/7.6 - x86-64 bit only on supported HW or Hypervisor as stated above 249004574. (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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