Installation guide

SPECTRUM
Installation Guide
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Table 3: Recommended System Configurations
One Workstation Managing Fewer Than 500 Devices/Avg. 24 Ports on Each Device
Platform SpectroSERVER
(SS) Only
SpectroGRAPH
(SG) Only
SS and SG
Memory Windows 512 MB 512 MB 1024 MB
(RAM) Solaris 512 MB 512 MB 1024 MB
Processor Windows 550 MHz
Pentium III
550 MHz
Pentium III
550 MHz
Pentium III
Solaris 167 MHz
UltraSPARC I
167 MHz
UltraSPARC I
167 MHz
UltraSPARC I
Disk Space
1,2
Windows 2 x 4 GB
3
1 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB
3
Solaris 2 x 4 GB
3
1 x 4 GB 2 x 4 GB
3
One Workstation Managing 500 or More Devices/Avg. 24 Ports on Each Device
4
Platform SpectroSERVER
(SS) Only
SpectroGRAPH
(SG) Only
SS and SG
Memory Windows 1024 MB 512 MB 1536 MB
(RAM) Solaris 1024 MB 512 MB 1536 MB
Processor Windows Xeon 733 MHz
Pentium III
5
550 MHz
Pentium III
Xeon 733 MHz
Pentium III
5
Solaris 360 MHz
UltraSPARC II
167 MHz
UltraSPARC I
360 MHz
UltraSPARC II
Disk Space
1,2
Windows 3 x 4 GB
6
1 x 4 GB 3 x 4 GB
6
Solaris 3 x 4 GB
6
1 x 4 GB 3 x 4 GB
6
1
Disk Drives: For optimum performance, Aprisma recommends running SPECTRUM on
systems with multiple, ultrawide, 10 K-rpm, SCSI disk drives using disk striping and/or RAID
(see Disk Striping and RAID
[page 14]).
2
Swap/Virtual Memory: Set the amount of swap space/virtual memory to at least 2 GB.
3
Two-Disk Set: Disk 1=OS+swap space/virtual memory; Disk 2=SS+SG+DDM (Distributed
Data Manager).
4
For 1,000 or more managed devices, a sizing is required to determine an accurate
system configuration. Contact your Aprisma support or sales representative for details.
5
Xeon vs. P4: Aprisma tests show that a 1.4 GHz Pentium 4 (P4) SpectroSERVER has less
management capacity than a 550 MHz Pentium III Xeon SpectroSERVER unless the P4 has
512 K L2 cache. You may, however, use a P4-based workstation for your SpectroGRAPH
without compromising performance.
6
Three-Disk Set: Disk 1=OS+swap space/virtual memory; 2-Disk Stripe
Set=SS+SG+DDM.