NGeniusONE Server requirements

Introduction

COMCERT can build, install and maintain a nGeniusOne Server on any physical server or virtual machine, provided that the following minimum specifications are met.

The result will be almost identical to that of our Performance Management Appliance 65 and 85 and incorporates over 15 years of experience building, installing and operating test and measurement equipment.

Contact your sales representative for more information.

 

Solution

Minimum system requirements for physical servers

For less than 5 concurrent users and/or less than 20 interfaces, without a UC license

• Enterprise class server with:
  • Single quad core processor 1.9 GHz or better
  • 24GB of RAM
  • 3 SATA HD 7.2K rpm 1TB or better (RAID 5)
  • 2-port  Gigabit NIC
  • Out-of-band management like iDRAC or ILO preferred

 

For less than 10 concurrent users and/or less than 50 interfaces, with or without a UC license

• Enterprise class server with:
  • Dual quad core processor 2.4 GHz or better
  • 64GB of RAM
  • 3 SAS HD 7.2K rpm 1TB or better (RAID 5)
  • 2-port  Gigabit NIC
  • Out-of-band management like iDRAC or ILO preferred

 

For more than 10 concurrent users and/or between 50 and 100 interfaces, with or without a UC license

• Enterprise class server with:
  • Dual quad core processor 3.6 GHz or better
  • 64GB of RAM
  • 3 SAS HD 7.2K rpm 1TB or better (RAID 5)
  • 2-port  Gigabit NIC
  • Out-of-band management like iDRAC or ILO preferred

 

Minimum system requirements for virtual machines

NGS has been tested with KVM and VMware ESXi 5.5 and higher. Start small. Resources can be added easily when required.

The virtual machine will be build from a custom OVF template, not available upfront.

• VM version 10 (requires ESXi version 5.5 or higher) with:
  • 2 CPU
  • 32GB memory
  • 2 NIC (VMXNET3)
  • 1 SCSI controller (LSI Logic Parallel)
  • Hard disk 1: 65GB (thick provision lazy zeroed)
  • Hard disk 2: 135GB minimum (thick provision lazy zeroed)