System requirements

IBM® Rational® Insight performs optimally when your environment has the system and software listed in this topic.

For up-to-date information about system requirements, see http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3695&context=SSRL5J&context=SSSTWP&q1=system%20requirements&uid=swg27015833&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en.

You can install all components of Rational Insight on a single system or you can install the different components on separate systems. Rational Insight can run in other environments but for optimum performance, consider the following requirements.
Components Requirements and guidelines
Single-system installation
  • Processor

    Minimum: Pentium® 4 2Ghz; Optimum: Dual Core 2+Ghz

  • Memory

    Minimum: 3 GB; Optimum: 4 GB or more

  • Free hard disk space

    Minimum: 15 GB; Optimum: 30 GB

    The requirements for free hard disk space depends on the anticipated size of the data warehouse

    The requirements do not take into account the space needed for installing the products from which the data will be used.
  • Display monitor with at least 1024 x 768 color resolution using 256 colors
  • Microsoft® mouse or compatible pointing device
Data warehouse server
  • Processor

    Minimum: Pentium 4 2Ghz ; Optimum: Dual Core 2+Ghz

  • Memory

    Minimum: 3 GB; Optimum: 4 GB or more

  • Free hard disk space

    Minimum: 13 GB; Optimum: 80 GB

    The requirements for free hard disk space depend on the anticipated size of the data warehouse.

  • Display monitor with at least 1024 x 768 color resolution using 256 colors
  • Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device
Report server
  • Processor

    Minimum: Pentium 4 2Ghz; Optimum: Dual Core 2+Gh

  • Memory

    Minimum: 2 GB; Optimum: 4 GB or more

  • Free hard disk space

    Minimum: 3 GB; Optimum: 10 GB

  • Display monitor with at least 1024 x 768 color resolution using 256 colors
  • Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device
Developer system
  • Processor

    Minimum: Pentium 4 2Ghz; Optimum: Dual Core 2+Ghz

  • Memory

    Minimum: 2 GB; Optimum: 3 GB or more

  • Free hard disk space

    Minimum: 3 GB; Optimum: 15 GB

  • Display monitor with at least 1024 x 768 color resolution using 256 colors
  • Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device
Data Services server The hardware requirements are dependent on the products that are installed on the server.
  • Processor

    Determined by the processor requirements of the product for the adapter to be installed

  • Memory
    The Data Services system configured for a specific product adapter should meet the system requirements for that product.
    • If you are installing one adapter, add 1 GB memory in addition to the requirement of the product for the adapter to be installed.
    • If you are installing more than one adapter on the same system, use the largest memory requirement of the product for the adapter to be installed, and add 512 MB memory for each additional adapter.
  • Free hard disk space

    Minimum: 2 GB

  • Display monitor with at least 1024 x 768 color resolution using 256 colors
  • Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device
Note: The IBM Rational ClearCase® adapter can be deployed on an IBM Rational ClearCase server or an IBM Rational ClearCase client software. To reduce heavy CPU load on the server during ETL data collections, it is better to run the adapter on an IBM Rational ClearCase client.

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