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Hardware Prerequisites

This section describes the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for each type of CA Business Service Insight servers. In addition, this section describes the required network connectivity.

The data provided here are a generic guideline. The data do not replace performing project-specific assessments and sizing.

Database Server Hardware Requirements

The following table describes the minimum and recommended hardware requirements to host a CA Business Service Insight Database server. The database capacity depends on various parameters, such as:

• Number of metrics
• Volume of Raw Data
• Period for which historical data is kept

* RAID 5 controller, or a comparable high-availability/high-throughput disk configuration, is strongly recommended.

For more information on Oracle hardware supported platforms, refer to: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/index.html

Application Server Hardware Requirements

The following table describes the minimum and recommended hardware requirements to host an CA Business Service Insight Application server.

* RAID 5 controller, or a comparable high-availability/high-throughput disk configuration, is strongly recommended.

Web Server Hardware Requirements

The following table describes the minimum and recommended hardware requirements to host an CA Business Service Insight Web server.

Note: The number of servers and the CPU and memory resources that are required for operation of CA Business Service Insight servers increases with the number and types of users.

* RAID 5 controller, or a comparable high-availability/high-throughput disk configuration, is strongly recommended.