3PAR System Reporter 2.8 MU2 Release Notes

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QL226-96064 System Reporter Release Notes May 2011
3PAR InServ Storage Server Requirements
• 2.2.4, 2.3.1 and 2.3.1. MU releases of the InForm Operating System.
• Adaptive Optimization is only supported for the 2.3.1 MU1 or later InForm Operating
System.
• The maximum CPG size supported when region data sampling is enabled for Adaptive
Optimization is 250 TiB.
• The maximum Adaptive Optimization configuration size is limited to 125 TiB.
Database Selection
Before installing the 3PAR System Reporter you must decide which database you are going to use.
System Reporter 2.8 MU1 supports the following databases:
• SQLite (default, included with System Reporter). SQLite databases have significant
limitations that you should consider before opting to use them. The main limitation is that
because it uses very coarse-grain locking, it is only suited for situations requiring smaller
database size and limited concurrency. If the database size is expected to grow to more than
about 1GB or if reports are run very frequently, we recommend using either MySQL or
Oracle databases. SQLite is not supported when sampling more than one InServ storage
array.
• MySQL (not included), must be obtained and installed separate from System Reporter.
MySQL version 5.1 or later is supported. System Reporter uses MyISAM tables in MySQL.
These tables do not support transactions (which are not needed by System Reporter) and as
a result have very good performance even when they grow large. For very large databases
and large sample sizes, MySQL is the recommended database. The MySQL database may be
on a remote database server host, not necessarily on the machine on which System Reporter
is installed.
• Oracle (not included), must be obtained and installed separate from System Reporter.
Oracle version 11g is supported. Performance of sample insertion with Oracle is a little lower
than that of MySQL but Oracle is also a good choice for large databases. The Oracle
database may be on a remote database server host, not necessarily on the machine on
which System Reporter is installed. Note that 64-bit Red Hat Linux is not supported if using
Oracle since it requires a 32-bit Oracle Client to be installed and this is not supported on 64-
bit Linux.
System Reporter Installation Notes
Detailed instructions are available in Chapter 3, Installation, Configuration, Update, and Removal of
the User Guide. The CD now includes a spreadsheet for sizing the system that will be used to run
System Reporter and the database system.
Prior to the System Reporter installation, the 3PAR InForm CLI for Windows must be installed. Refer
to the 3PAR InForm OS Command Line Interface for setting up the 3PAR CLI client on the host
machine for Windows platform.