Collector Manager; Estimating The Data Storage Space Requirement - Novell SENTINEL LOG MANAGER 1.0.0.5 - INSTALLATION GUIDE 03-31-2010 Installation Manual

Requirements
CPU
Random Access
Memory (RAM)
Storage
NOTE:
You must set up the archive location to an external multi-drive storage network area (SAN) or
network-attached storage (NAS).
The recommended steady state volume is 80% of the maximum licensed EPS. Novell
recommends that you add additional Sentinel Log Manager instances if this limit is reached.

2.1.2 Collector Manager

The following are the minimum requirements for Collector Manager:
One Intel* Xeon* L5240@3 GHz (2 core CPU)
256 MB RAM
10 GB - free disk space.

2.1.3 Estimating the Data Storage Space Requirement

Sentinel Log Manager is used to retain raw data for a long period of time to comply with legal and
other requirements. Sentinel Log Manager employs compression to help you make efficient use of
local and archive storage space. However, over a long period of time storage requirements might
become significant.
To overcome cost constraint issues with large storage systems, you can use cost effective data
storage systems to store the data for a long term. Tape-based storage systems are the most common
and cost-effective solution. However, tape does not allow random access to the stored data, which is
necessary to perform quick searches. Because of this, a hybrid approach to long-term data storage is
desirable, where the data you need to search is available on a random-access storage system and data
you need to retain, but not search, is kept on a cost-effective alternative, such as tape. Instructions
for employing this hybrid approach are described in
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Sentinel Log Manager
(500 EPS)
One Intel* Xeon*
E5450@3 GHz (4core)
CPU
or
Two Intel* Xeon*
L5240@3 GHz (2 core)
CPUs (4 cores total)
4GB
2x 500 GB, 7.2k RPM
drives (Hardware RAID
with 256 MB cache,
RAID 1
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Sentinel Log Manager (2500
EPS)
One Intel* Xeon*
E5450@3 GHz (4 core)
CPU
or
Two Intel* Xeon* L5240@3
GHz (2 core) CPUs (4
cores total)
4 GB
2 x 1 TB, 7.2k RPM drives
(Hardware RAID with 256
MB cache, RAID 1)
"Using Sequential-Access Storage for Long
Sentinel Log Manager (7500
EPS)
Two Intel* Xeon*
X5470@3.33 GHz (4 core)
CPUs (8 cores total)
8 GB
6 x 450 GB, 15k RPM drives,
(Hardware RAID with 512 MB
cache, RAID 5)
Guide.