APTARE StorageConsole Portal Sizing Guide
Use the following guidelines to determine Portal Server requirements for APTARE StorageConsole.
Portal Supported Operating Systems
The following 64-bit platforms are supported:
Operating System | Version | New Install | Upgrade |
CentOS | 6 | Yes | Yes, starting with version 9.0.1. Prior versions are not supported. |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 6 | Yes | Yes, starting with version 9.0.1. Prior versions are not supported. |
SUSE Linux Enterprise | 11 | Yes | Yes |
Windows | 2012 R2 Server | Yes | Yes |
Recommended Portal Configurations
APTARE recommends the following Portal configurations. Enterprise-specific requirements may warrant additional resources, as you fully deploy features and add StorageConsole licensed products to the Portal.
Medium Portal (Virtual Machine) | Medium Portal Criteria |
• Windows 64-bit or Linux 64-bit • 4 CPU cores with 32 GB of memory recommended • maximum 2 physical CPU sockets (Oracle license limitation) • minimum of 200 GB of usable disk space (SAN or DAS, not NAS) | • Capacity < 10 PB and • Backup < 10,000 clients |
Large Portal (Physical Server) | Large Portal Criteria |
• Linux 64-bit • 2 CPUs, 6 -10 cores per CPU, with 64 GB of memory recommended • maximum 2 physical CPU sockets (Oracle license limitation) • minimum of 500 GB of usable disk space (SAN or DAS, not NAS) | • Capacity > 10 PB or • Backup > 10,000 clients |
Note: For File Analytics data collection, contact your technical sales consultant for disk space recommendations.
Oracle Memory Requirements
Best Practice: Oracle memory size should be at least 25% of the Portal server’s total memory size, recommended in the above table, with a minimum of 8 GB.
Oracle Database Requirements
The embedded Oracle Database license is a restricted license and may only be used or accessed in conjunction with APTARE StorageConsole software.
APTARE StorageConsole software is certified with the Oracle binaries embedded with the software product. Note that the use of the embedded binaries must comply with Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 license requirements, which permits use only on servers (including ESX servers) that have a maximum capacity of 2 physical CPU sockets (populated or not). Using non-embedded versions of Oracle (for example, installing in other pre-existing Oracle instances) is not a certified configuration and is not allowed by the license grant.
If explicitly licensed for the APTARE StorageConsole with Partitioning, the embedded Oracle binaries are Oracle Database Enterprise Edition with Partitioning. Note that the use of the embedded binaries must comply with Oracle Database Enterprise Edition with Partitioning. Using non-embedded versions of Oracle (for example, installing in other pre-existing Oracle instances) is not a certified configuration and is not allowed by the license grant.
For APTARE StorageConsole Managed Services Editions, the APTARE embedded Oracle binaries are not provided or licensed with the APTARE StorageConsole software and cannot be used with the Managed Services Editions of APTARE StorageConsole. Managed Services Partners are solely responsible for purchasing and licensing the Oracle database binaries required for the operation of the APTARE StorageConsole Managed Services Editions software.