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Database. You can use Data Director with vFabric Postgres, which comes with Data Director, or you can
use one of the supported databases.
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Microsoft SQL Server 2012
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
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Oracle 11g Release 2
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Oracle 10g Release 2
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Web interface support. vFabric Data Director supports the following Web browsers.
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Firefox 8.0 or later. Also requires Adobe Flash Player Plug-in 10.1 or later.
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Internet Explorer 8.0 or later. Also requires Adobe Flash Player Plug-in 10.1 or later.
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Chrome 16.0 or later. Also requires Adobe Flash Player Plug-in 10.1 or later.
The Data Director Web interface requires a minimum monitor resolution of 1024x768.
The following are the minimum requirements for Data Director.
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2 ESXi servers with 32GB of RAM combined.
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1 vCenter Server system (can be running on a virtual machine).
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1 Windows system for running vSphere Client.
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250GB of shared storage, configured as two datastores.
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1 Gigabit Ethernet VLAN.
This VLAN will carry Data Director network traffic.
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One or more Gigabit Ethernet VLANs for one or more database networks.
Database networks carry SQL traffic to and from Data Director databases. Database clients such as JDBC
and libpq send and receive SQL traffic from database servers on these networks. Data Director supports
multiple database networks for better network isolation, for example, to isolate QA SQL traffic from
production SQL traffic. See Chapter 2, “Planning the Network Configuration,” on page 13.
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Hardware to run the test application.
Check with your company's network administrators or IT staff to determine a setup that is appropriate for
your organization. For example, here is one possible setup for a 4-VLAN configuration .
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4 ESXi servers with 64GB of RAM combined.
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1 vCenter Server.
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1 Windows system for running vSphere Client.
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500GB of shared storage configured as two or more datastores.
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4 Gigabit Ethernet VLANs.
These Gigabit Ethernet VLANs carry Data Director network traffic.
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One or more Gigabit Ethernet VLANs for one or more database networks.
Database networks carry SQL traffic to and from Data Director databases. Database clients such as JDBC
and libpq send and receive SQL traffic from database servers on these networks. Data Director supports
multiple database networks for better network isolation, for example, to isolate QA SQL traffic from
production SQL traffic. See Chapter 2, “Planning the Network Configuration,” on page 13.
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Hardware to run the test application
Data Director licensing supports up to 32 vCPUs.
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