1.1 System Requirements

1.1.1 PlateSpin Recon Server Hosts

The PlateSpin Recon Server hosts must meet the following system requirements:

Table 1-1 System Requirements for PlateSpin Recon Server Hosts

 

Basic

Large-Scale

  • Up to 200 monitored workloads

  • Up to 5,000 inventoried workloads

  • 200 to 2,000 monitored workloads

  • Up to 10,000 inventoried workloads

OS

Any of the following OS for both basic and large-scale servers:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit, 64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1 (32-bit, 64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32-bit, 64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 (32-bit, 64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit, 64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

IMPORTANT:

  • User Access Control (UAC) should be turned off on Windows Server 2008. For more information, see Section D.0, Turning Off UAC on Windows Server 2008.

  • To run the PlateSpin Recon Server on Windows Server 2008, you must use the built-in administrator account or the Windows Server 2008 Active Directory domain user account. Using the Run as Administrator or another administrative account does not work.

For large-scale servers all the listed OS are supported. However, we recommend the following 64-bit OS:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (64-bit)

Processor

  • Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz with hyperthreading or better

  • Xeon, 2.8 or 3.2 GHz dual core or multi-processor recommended

Virtual Machine

2 Virtual CPUs

2 Virtual CPUs. However, we recommend a physical machine.

Memory

2 GB (4 GB recommended)

4 GB (8 GB recommended)

HINT:As the number of workloads increase, ensure that the memory is proportionately increased.

Disk Space

20 GB free

100 GB free

Database Engine

Any of the following:

  • MS SQL 2008 R2 SP1

  • MS SQL 2008 SP2 Enterprise database

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (SP2) with Windows Server 2008 (SP1, SP2)

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (SP0) with Windows Server 2003 (SP2)

  • PostgreSQL 8.3.4

    (included in the PlateSpin Recon distribution and supports up to 100 monitored workloads)

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (SP3A+)

Microsoft SQL Server (recommended)

Software

For both basic and large-scale servers:

  • Microsoft IIS 5.0/6.0 (with ASP.NET)

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

  • Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.6

IMPORTANT:Ensure that Microsoft IIS is installed before installing Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.

 

NOTE:Disk space requirements depend on the number of monitored workloads and the amount of historical summary and raw utilization data stored in the database. When you use a remote SQL Server database, ensure that the database host has 2 GB of allocated space. The disk space requirements are based on 30 days of monitoring. At least one CPU core for every 500 monitored servers is recommended. For detailed information, see Section 1.1.4, Database Growth Projections.

1.1.2 PlateSpin Recon Client Hosts

The PlateSpin Recon Client hosts must meet the following system requirements:

Table 1-2 System Requirements for PlateSpin Recon Client Hosts

Component

Requirements

OS

Any of the following (either physical or virtual):

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit, 64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1 (32-bit, 64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32-bit, 64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 (32-bit, 64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit, 64-bit)

    — English, French, German, and Japanese

  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

  • Microsoft Windows Vista

  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2

    — English

NOTE:To run the PlateSpin Recon Client on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, you must use the built-in administrator account or the Windows Server 2008 Active Directory domain user account. Using Run as Administrator or another administrative account does not work.

Hardware

  • CPU - Minimum: 1.0 GHz. Recommended: Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz

  • Memory - Minimum 1 GB. Recommended 2 GB

  • Disk Space - 80 MB free

Software

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

1.1.3 PlateSpin Recon in a Virtual Machine

You can install the PlateSpin Recon Server and the PlateSpin Recon Client software on a virtual machine (VMware ESX 3.x/4.x, VMware ESXi 5.0, Windows 2003 SP2 running on SLES 11.x XEN, and Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit running on SLES 11 SP2 XEN 64-bit in a non-clustered environment). For detailed information about the Server requirements, see Section 1.1.1, PlateSpin Recon Server Hosts, and for information about the client requirements, see Section 1.1.2, PlateSpin Recon Client Hosts.

Installing the PlateSpin Recon Server in a virtual machine restricts the monitoring and inventorying capabilities of the software to:

  • 5,000 inventoried workloads

  • 1,000 monitored workloads

1.1.4 Database Growth Projections

Table 1-3 Database Growth Projections

Machines

Time

Application DB

Performance DB

100

1 month

35 MB

1.6 GB

100

6 months

35 MB

10.5 GB

500

1 month

90 MB

10 GB

500

6 months

90 MB

20 GB

1,500

1 month

220 MB

18 GB

1,500

6 months

220 MB

90 GB

2,000

1 month

804 MB

60 GB

2,000

6 months

804 MB

71 GB

5,000

1 month

1409 MB

150 GB

5,000

6 months

1409 MB

177 GB

10,000

1 month

1628 MB

299 GB

10,000

6 months

1628 MB

354 GB

NOTE:Application database figures are based on average reporting usage and should be doubled when using PostgreSQL.