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Linux Server Hardware and Operating System

For a distributed deployment, CA Network Flow Analysis supports running the Harvester on dedicated Linux servers that meet the following system requirements:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 or 5.6 on a 64-bit processor
• English, Chinese (Simplified), French (France), or Japanese language

  Appropriate language packs installed on all servers for localized deployments

We recommend that Linux Harvester servers meet the following specifications:

• Two 2.26-GHz quad-core processors
• 12 GB RAM
• Six 300-GB, 10,000-RPM SAS hard drives in RAID 5 configuration
• 1-Gb Ethernet port
• Root partition that contains 40 GB of available space
• Partition for CA Network Flow Analysis that contains the following amounts of available space:
  • 41 GB for the installation/upgrade files
  • 1 TB for data

If you do not have enough available space in the /tmp directory and you cannot configure it, relocate the directory. Export the IATEMPDIR environment variable (for the Install Anywhere temporary directory) to set a new location, and select a directory with sufficient space.

Notes:

• CA Network Flow Analysis 9.2.1 supports installation on servers with IPv4 addresses. Installation is not supported at this time on servers with IPv6 addresses.
• The specifications described in this section apply to both physical and virtual deployments.