Hardware and software requirements
The hardware and software requirements vary according to the type of deployment that you want to set up. Before you install IBM® Operations Analytics - Log Analysis, review the requirements that are listed here.
Supported operating systems
Operating system | Red Hat Enterprise Linux version | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version |
---|---|---|
IBM System z® | 6, 7, or 7.1 | 11 and 12 |
IBM System x | 5, 6, 7, or 7.1 | 11 and 12 |
IBM Power8 Little Endian | 7.1 | - |
Log Analysis supports both System z and x86 hardware. Operating systems that are installed on System z based hardware are referred to as Linux on System z. Operating systems that are installed on x86 based hardware are referred to as Linux on System x.
Supported browsers
- Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) version 38
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11
- Google Chrome versions 44, 45, and 47
- Microsoft EDGE
Software requirements
- KornShell
- Python Version 2.4.3 with simplejson module (RHEL v5) or Python Version 2.6.6 to 2.6.8 (RHEL v6 or higher, SLES v11 or higher)
- Perl Version 5.8.8 or later is required to load sample data
- Unzip utility is required to install the Indexing Server.
- Sed utility is required to install the Indexing Server.
Hardware requirements
The following hardware requirements are representative of what may be required for an installation of IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. The hardware requirements can change depending on the amount of data that you stream.
- Test configuration
- The test configuration assumes that you intend to stream about 1 Gigabyte (GB) of data daily and that you plan to retain data for seven days.
- Commodity configuration
- The commodity configuration assumes that you intend to stream about 250 GBs of data daily and that you plan to retain data for 15 days.
- Production configuration
- The production configuration assumes that you intend to stream about 500 GBs of data daily and that you plan to retain data for 30 days.
Processor, disk, and memory types
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis is designed to be compatible with a wide range of processors, hard disks and memory types.
Software requirements for Linux on System z and Linux on System x
You can install IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis on Linux on System z and Linux on System x. For more information, see the Installing on Linux on System z and Linux on System x based servers in topic the Installing section of the documentation.
- KornShell is required for the IBM Tivoli® Monitoring Log File Agent.
- Python Version 2.4.3 with simplejson module (RHEL v5) or Python Version 2.6.6 to 2.6.8 (RHEL v6 or higher, SLES v11 or higher).
- Perl Version 5.8.8 or later is required to load sample data.
- The Unzip utility is required to install the Indexing Server.
- The Sed utility is required to install the Indexing Server.
- The following RPMs are required for both Red Hat Enterprise Linux on System z and SUSE Linux on System
z:
- libstdc++ (32-bit and 64-bit)
- gtk2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- libXpm (32-bit and 64-bit)
- libXtst (32-bit and 64-bit) is required if you want to run the Installation Manager in GUI mode.
You also need to complete the prerequisite tasks, which include disabling the Security Enhanced Linux module. For more information, see the Prerequisite topic in the Installing section of the documentation.
- Number of concurrent files: 4096
- Use the
ulimit -n
command to change this setting to 4096. - Virtual memory: Unlimited
- Use the ulimit -v command to change this setting to unlimited.
Hardware for Linux on System z and Linux on System x
The following hardware requirements are representative of what may be required for an installation of IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis on Linux on System z and Linux on System x. The hardware requirements can change depending on the amount of data that you stream.
- One Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- 16 GB of RAM
- 150 GB of hard disk space
Supported file systems
The following file systems are supported for both operating systems:- ext2/3/4
- reiser3
- XFS
- NFS 3/4
Hardware and software requirements for Hadoop
Standard Edition users can integrate Hadoop for long term data storage.
Several different versions of Hadoop are supported. For more information see the Supported versions of Hadoop topic in the Data tiering and storage section of the documentation.