Client Requirements
DPOD's web user interface requires the following for administration and end users:
- Web Console is quite detailed and works with screen resolutions no less than 1280 X 720.
- Supported user web browsers are FireFox , Internet Explorer 11+ , Chrome 50+ , Safari 43+
Server Requirements
Physical HW or Hypervisor
DPOD can be installed both a Virtualized Environment (Hypervisors) or Physical server (Intel(C) based CPUs and supporting CentOS 6.x OS). Consult the table below for information to support this decision.
Hypervisor SW
For production environment that suitable for hypervisor (virtual environment) The virtual appliance is supported on the following VMware hypervisors:
- VMware Player
- VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1 , 5.X and 6.X
- VMware Workstation
Server requirements
DPOD offers 5 basic configuration setups.
- One configuration setup for development that exists only in the Development ISO file
- Four configuration setups that exists for all other common setups .
The table below lists the typical usage characteristics of each edition, and the physical or virtual resources it requires.
Load Type | Goal | TPS Limits recommended | Supports Virtual Env | Cores (1) | Memory (3) | Storage (GB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Developer (Dev Edition Only) | To support evaluation, POCs and DPOD development | 5 | Yes | 2 | 4.5 GB | OS: 9 |
Low | Environment with low load levels | 40 | Yes | 6 | 48 GB | OS: 40 |
Medium | Environment with Moderate load | 80 | Yes | 8 | 128 GB | OS: 40 |
High | Environment with High load | 120 | Yes, but not recommend | 12 | 176 GB | OS: 40 |
High_20dv | Environment with High load with ~ 20 physical appliance | 200 | No. required to be install on a physical server | 16 (Physical) | 192GB | OS: 40 |
(1) These could be cores on an 80% utilized ESXi
(2) Local SSD preferred - should be located on a datastore separate to the other disks
(3) Best query performance is achieved by using reserved memory configuration
IBM DataPower Operations Center is also available to be installed as a custom distributed edition (not All-in-One) that allows installation on several servers located across separate geographical locations.
This normally requires creating a custom architecture based on a sizing process.
Developer edition comes in a special ISO file that contains the word DEV !
Storage Recommendation
DPOD serves as a database and should therefore be configured to use very fast disks.
DPOD installation requires 3 DISKS for OS , Install, 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 installation that can exploit HW RAID services we recommend the following:
RAID5 - 40GB - for OS disk
RAID5 - 40GB - for App disk
RAID0 - Depends on volume - for Data disk. Since data is only used
RAID Support
Developer edition ISO file can be identified when it has word DEV !
Network Requirements
Virtualization Software (supported configuration only)
VMWare ESX 5.1 +
- example of guided preparation Dev environment for Vmware workstation
VMware Player
VMware Workstation
VMware Fusion
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
Utility Software for Administrators
An SSH client to connect to DPOD appliance once installed.
An FTP Client software to upload/edit files in the appliance when required .