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System Requirements

These specifications represent the preferred minimum operating environment for Novell Storage Reporter. The Novell Storage Reporter components may load and run in environments substantially smaller than the ones listed below, but overall performance may be less than satisfactory.
All platforms are supported in 32 and 64 bit versions of the operating systems. Novell Storage Reporter runs only in 32-bit mode. Itanium processorsare not supported.

NSR Engine

Novell Storage Reporter can be installed in an eDirectory environment, an Active Directory environment, either an eDirectory or Active Directory environment with Novell Storage Manager, and finally, in Novell Storage Reporter AuthServe environment. The NSR Engine server host requirements for each of these environments follow.

  1. Novell eDirectory Environment
    Novell eDirectory 8.2 SP2 or later
    One of the following servers for hosting the NSR Engine Server:
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 or later
    • Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1 or later
  2. Novell eDirectory + Novell Storage Manager Environment
    Novell eDirectory 8.2 SP2 or later
    Novell Storage Manager 2.5 SP1 or later
    One of the following servers for hosting the NSR Engine:
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 or later
    • Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1 or later

  3. Microsoft Active Directory Environment
    Microsoft Active Directory Windows 2000 Native or later
    One of the following servers for hosting the NSR Engine:
    • Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later
    • Windows Server 2008 SP1 or later

  4. Microsoft Active Directory + Novell Storage Manager Environment
    Microsoft Active Directory Windows 2000 Native or later
    Novell Storage Manager 2.5 SP1 or later
    One of the following servers for hosting the NSR Engine:
    • Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later
    • Windows Server 2008 SP1 or later
  5. Novell Storage Reporting AuthServe Environment
    One of the following Directory Services installed in the network:
    • Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP2 or later
    • Microsoft Active Directory Windows 2000 Native or later
  6. One of the following servers for hosting the NSR Engine:
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 or later
    • Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1 or later
    • Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later
    • Windows Server 2008 SP1 or later

Hardware, Processers, RAM

Generally, server grade machines are not required for the NSR Engine. In all but the smallest of reporting environments—less than an estimated 10 Million files spread over less than 20 servers—we recommend that the server hosting the NSR Engine be a dedicated, dual-core processor computer (Itanium processors are not supported ) with at least 4 GB of RAM.

Disk Space

Disk space requirements can be approximated by calculating the number of files and folders and the number of scans retained. Figures are calculated for the times that reports are being run, which is when the disk storage requirement is the highest. As an example, for an organization that had an estimated 100 million files and folders that wished to retain the most recent four scans, the calculation would be:

100 Million files x 150 MB:1 Million files x 4 scans = 60 GB for the stored scans

Scheduled and triggered reports also use storage space. These reports use about 10 MB :1 Million files or folders. As long as the reports that are generated are filtered (a highly recommended practice) the space scenario above should be sufficient for these additional reports.

Directory Services Interface (DSI)

Disk Space

10MB + amount chosen for log file storage, 10MB – 100MB


NSR Agents

  • Windows: Windows Server 2003 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP 1 or later
  • Open Enterprise Server: Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1 or later
  • Linux: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 1 or later
  • NetWare: Novell NetWare 6.5 SP 7 or later

RAM

20 – 50 MB is needed depending on the amount of files and directories being scanned. Due to caching, performance will be enhanced in a Windows server environments with at least 2 GB RAM and other server environments with at least 1 GB RAM.

Disk Space

150 MB free disk space for each estimated 1,000,000 files or folders


NSRAdmin

(Administration Interface)

One of the following Windows operating system environments:

  • Windows XP SP2
  • Windows Vista SP1
  • Windows 7

RAM

Base memory: 100 – 200 MB. To open large reports on the workstation requires about 700 MB per million records. As an example, viewing a report containing 1 Million records requires about 800 MB.