Production Configuration - Novell SENTINEL 6.1 SP2 - INSTALLATION GUIDE 02-2010 Installation Manual

Function
Crystal Reports Server
System Setup for Proof of Concept
Table 2-5
Attribute
Collectors deployed per Collector
Manager
Rules deployed per correlation
engine
Active Views running
Number of simultaneous users
Number of maps deployed

2.2.4 Production Configuration

This production configuration supports up to 3200 EPS. The Sentinel components are distributed to
enable a higher event rate than the proof of concept configuration.
To achieve optimal performance, the Oracle database uses a StorCase disk array (16 disks) to

store data files, and a separate local SATA drive to hold the Oracle Redo log.
To achieve optimal performance on the Sentinel server, the file directory that holds DAS

aggregation data and
Hardware for Production Configuration
Table 2-6
Function
Sentinel Server and
Correlation Engine
Database (Oracle)
Collector Manager 1
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RAM
4 GB RAM
40 GB disk space
Rating
3
10
10
3
5
was pointed to a separate local SATA hard drive.
insertErrorBuffer
RAM Model
4 GB RAM SLES 10 SP1, two 64-bit dual core processors (tested with
two Intel Xeon 5160s, 3.00 GHz)
90 GB disk
space
4 GB RAM SLES 10 SP1, two 64-bit dual core processors (tested with
two Opteron 275s, 2.2 GHz), StorCase disk array, and
3 TB+ disk
software RAID 5
space
4 GB RAM SLES 10 SP1, two 64-bit dual core processors (tested with
two Opteron 275s, 2.2 GHz)
20 GB disk
space
Model
One 32-bit dual core processor
(tested with Intel Xeon 5150, 2.66
GHz)
Comments
The largest map is 40 KB with over
800 rows.