Client Requirements

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

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 following table for decision.

Hypervisor SW

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

Server requirements

DPOD offers 5 basic configuration setups for All-In-One (AIO) Edition: TODO hk - do we need to say this here?- we need to have to ISOs

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

To support evaluation, POCs and DPOD development

5

Yes

2

4.5 GB

OS: 9
Install: 10
Data(2): 2+

Low

Environment with low load levels

40

Yes

6

48 GB

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

Medium

Environment with Moderate load

80

Yes

8

128 GB

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

High

Environment with High load

120

Yes, but not recommend

12

176 GB

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

High_20dv

Environment with High load with ~ 20 physical appliance

200

No. required to be install on a physical server

20

192GB

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

 

(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.  

Network Requirements

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

Virtualization Software (supported configuration only)

VMWare ESX  5.X +(star) - example of guided preparation Dev environment for Vmware workstation

Hyper V  (star) 

VirtualBox 5.x+ (star)  example of guided preparation  Dev environment for VirtualBox workstation

 todo hk - are the stars relevant here - also what are those examples?

Required Software

 

  1. An SSH client to connect to DPOD appliance once installed. E.g http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

  2. A WinSCP-like software to upload/edit files in the appliance when required. For example: https://winscp.net/eng/download.php