System Requirements; Hardware Requirements; Sentinel Log Manager - Novell SENTINEL LOG MANAGER 1.0.0.5 - INSTALLATION GUIDE 03-31-2010 Installation Manual

System Requirements

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In addition to the hardware, operating system, browser, supported connectors, and event source
compatibility requirements described below, the user must also have root access for some
installation steps.
Section 2.1, "Hardware Requirements," on page 19
Section 2.2, "Supported Operating Systems," on page 21
Section 2.3, "Supported Browsers," on page 22
Section 2.4, "Supported Connectors," on page 22
Section 2.5, "Supported Event Sources," on page 23

2.1 Hardware Requirements

Section 2.1.1, "Sentinel Log Manager," on page 19
Section 2.1.2, "Collector Manager," on page 20
Section 2.1.3, "Estimating the Data Storage Space Requirement," on page 20
Section 2.1.4, "Virtual Environment," on page 21

2.1.1 Sentinel Log Manager

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Novell Sentinel Log Manager is supported on 64-bit Intel* Xeon* and AMD* Opteron*
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processors, but not supported on Itanium* processor.
NOTE: These requirements are for an average event size of 300 bytes.
A single server may cater different event sources. For example, a Windows server could collect data
from the Windows platform and also from an SQL server database hosted on it.
Novell recommends the following hardware requirements for a production system that holds 90-
days of online data:
Sentinel Log Manager Hardware Requirements
Table 2-1
Sentinel Log Manager
Requirements
(500 EPS)
Compression Up to 10:1
Maximum event Up to 1000
sources
Maximum events 500
Sentinel Log Manager (2500
EPS)
Up to 10:1
Up to 1000
2,500
Sentinel Log Manager (7500
EPS)
Up to 10:1
Up to 2000
7,500
System Requirements
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