HP 3PAR System Reporter 3.1 MU2 Software Release Notes (QL226-97096, April 2014)

HP 3PAR System Reporter 3.1 MU2 requirements
This section describes the supported HP 3PAR System Reporter 3.1 MU2 host platforms, system
requirements, and database selection.
Supported HP 3PAR System Reporter 3.1 MU2 host platforms
RequirementComponent
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit, English and Japanese language),
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (32-bit or 64-bit),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 U5-U6 (32-bit only if using Oracle, (32-bit or 64-bit otherwise), or
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 U1-U2, (32-bit only if using Oracle, (32-bit or 64-bit otherwise).
Intel Pentium 4 processor, 3 GHz or higher. Multi-core processors are recommended both for
the database server and for the System Reporter server, especially when sampling a large
Processor
configuration (large number of HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems or those with a large number
of objects). See system sizing spreadsheet.
1 GB. See system sizing spreadsheet.Memory
At least 20 GB of available disk space. See system sizing spreadsheet.Disk Space
The system size mentioned in the table above (CPU cores, memory size and disk space), is a minimum
requirement for System Reporter. However, the resources required depends substantially on the number
and size of the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems that are being sampled, as well as the sampling
parameters. The CD includes a system sizing spreadsheet (SR_Sizing.xls), that should be used to
determine the number of CPU cores, the amount of memory and the database space needed. Instructions
for using the spreadsheet are included within the spreadsheet.
HP 3PAR Storage system requirements
• HP 3PAR OS (HP 3PAR Operating System) 2.3.1 (and all subsequent MUs), 3.1.1, 3.1.2, or
3.1.3.
• AO (Adaptive Optimization) is supported for HP 3PAR OS 2.3.1 MU1 and later MUs and for
HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1.
AO is not supported for HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 or later because, in these releases, AO is implemented
within the HP 3PAR OS.
• The maximum CPG size supported when region data sampling is enabled for AO is 250 TiB.
• The maximum AO configuration size is limited to 125 TiB.
Database selection
Before installing System Reporter, you must decide the database plan to use. System Reporter 3.1
MU2 supports the following databases:
• MySQL (not included), is the recommended database. It must be obtained and installed separately.
System Reporter uses MyISAM tables in MySQL. These tables do not support transactions (that
are not needed by System Reporter) and as a result perform well even when they grow large. For
a very large database and sample sizes, MySQL is recommended. The MySQL can be on a
remote database server host, and not necessarily on a machine on which System Reporter is
installed.
• SQLite (default, included with System Reporter). SQLite databases have significant limitations that
you must consider before opting to use them. The main limitation is that because it uses very
coarse-grain locking, it is only suited for situations requiring smaller database size and limited
concurrency. If the database size is expected to grow to more than about 1 GB or if reports are
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