StorageGuard Installation Requirements

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Master Server Requirements

Operating system: Windows 2012, 2016 or 2019 64-bit | English edition and Locale
Disk drives: at least two drives, one standard Operating System drive and an additional drive for the StorageGuard software.
Required software: Oracle client, NotePad++ (or similar)
Type: Either a physical server or a virtual machine.
User account: local administrative rights.
Guidelines for optimal performance:
- It is highly recommended to use internal SSD drives.
- The master server and database servers* should be connected to the same switch.
- Allocated resources should be dedicated to the StorageGuard servers.

Number of Storage Arrays	CPU**	RAM (GB)	Application Disk Drive Space (GB)
Up to 10	4	32	200
10 - 50	4	48	240
50 - 100	8	64	280
100 - 250	8	96	320
250 - 500	16	128	400
500 - 1000	16	192	750
500+	Contact us

* it is also possible to use the same host for running both the StorageGuard application and the StorageGuard database

** It is recommended to have at least 2 sockets.

*** Solid State Drive (SSD)

DBMS: Oracle Database 12c Release 2, Oracle Database 18c or Oracle Database 19c, standard or enterprise edition.
Disk: Solid State Drive (SSD) are recommended for optimal performance.
Archive log: No.
Tablespace: The default schema Tablespace is used.
schema privileges: connect, dba (full database administrator rights)
NLS_CHARACTERSET: AL32UTF8
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET: AL16UTF16

Number of Storage Arrays	Resources	DB size (GB)	Parameters
Up to 10	CPU Cores: 4 SGA: 16 PGA: 8 Temp File size (GB): 8 Undo size (GB): 16 Redo files: 3 x 1 GB	200	Max concurrent sessions: <25 Max number of processes: 500 Open Cursors: 1000
10 - 50	CPU Cores: 8 SGA: 32 PGA: 8 Temp File size (GB): 12 Undo size (GB): 16 Redo files: 3 x 1 GB	240	Max concurrent sessions: <30 Max number of processes: 750 Open Cursors: 1500
50 - 100	CPU Cores: 8 SGA: 48 PGA: 16 Temp File size (GB): 16 Undo size (GB): 16 Redo files: 3 x 3 GB	280	Max concurrent sessions: <35 Max number of processes: 750 Open Cursors: 1750
100 - 250	CPU Cores: 8 SGA: 64 PGA: 24 Temp File size (GB): 20 Undo size (GB): 24 Redo files: 3 x 5 GB	320	Max concurrent sessions: <45 Max number of processes: 1000 Open Cursors: 2000
250 - 500	CPU Cores: 16 SGA: 128 PGA: 64 Temp File size (GB): 24 Undo size (GB): 24 Redo files: 3 x 5 GB	400	Max concurrent sessions: <60 Max number of processes: 1250 Open Cursors: 3000
500 - 1000	CPU Cores: 16 SGA: 192 PGA: 64 Temp File size (GB): 32 Undo size (GB): 32 Redo files: 3 x 5 GB	600	Max concurrent sessions: <75 Max number of processes: 1500 Open Cursors: 4000
500+	Contact us

Operating system: Windows 2008 R2, 2012, 2016 or 2019 64-bit, English edition and Locale.
Disk drives: it’s recommended to use two drives, one standard Operating System drive and an additional drive for the StorageGuard software.
Required software: NotePad++ (or similar)
Type: Either a physical server or a virtual machine.
User account: local administrative rights.