Hitachi Storage Viewer Data Collector Sizing Guide
Use the following guidelines to determine Data Collector Server requirements.
Supported Operating Systems
HDS highly recommends installing the Data Collector on a virtual machine (VM). The following systems are supported for 64-bit platforms and require JDK 1.7:
Operating System | Version | New Install | Upgrade |
Windows Server (Recommended) | 2012 | Yes | Yes, requires .NET Framework 3.5* |
Windows Server | 2008 | Yes | Yes |
CentOS | 5 | No | Yes, but installer not provided. |
CentOS | 6 | Yes | Yes, starting with version 9.0.1. Prior versions are not supported. |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 5 | No | Yes, but installer not provided. |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 6 | Yes | Yes, starting with version 9.0.1. Prior versions are not supported. |
Solaris | 10 and 11 (SPARC only) | For Symantec NetBackup collection only. Versions of Solaris below Solaris 10 Update 5 require a Centralized NetBackup Data Collector. |
SUSE Linux Enterprise | 11 | Yes | Yes |
* .NET Framework 4 is installed by default with Windows Server 2012. You must explicitly install .NET Framework 3.5 to support the WMI Proxy Service installation. You do not need to uninstall .NET Framework 4.
Data Collector Memory and CPU Guidelines
Use the following guidelines for Data Collector Servers.
• Installation on a VM is recommended
• 2 - 4 vCPUs (physical processors assigned to a VM)
• 16 - 32 GB of memory
Factors Impacting Data Collector Performance and Memory Requirements
Because every environment has a unique set of resources, configured and tuned specifically for that environment,
there is no one size fits all formula. Several factors can impact performance and memory requirements:
• Number of active Data Collector Policies
• Number of hosts and active probes per host
• Number and types of storage arrays
• Number of LUNs
• Polling frequency and number of devices polled
• Amount of data transmitted
• Performance of array device managers