Data service server requirements

The servers for IBM® Rational® Insight Data Services host the Rational Insight Data Services adapters, with which you extract, transform, and load the data from the product sources into the data warehouse.

In a production environment, the servers for Rational Insight Data Service might be the same as the ones that host the product sources.

The Rational Insight Data Services servers can run in other environments but you can consider the following environments for optimum performance:

Item Requirements and guidelines
Hardware The hardware requirements are dependent on the products that are installed on the server.
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.
  • IBM Rational ClearQuest® and IBM Rational ClearCase (server installation):
    • Processor: Minimum: Pentium® 4 2Ghz; Optimum: Dual Core 2+Ghz
    • Memory: Minimum: 2 GB; Optimum: 4 GB or more
    • Free hard disk space: Minimum: 2 GB; Optimum: 5 GB
  • IBM Rational ClearCase (client installation), IBM Rational RequisitePro® and IBM Rational TestManager: 1.5GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor with 2 - 4 GB RAM and 80 GB or more of hard disk space.

    If you are installing more than one adapters on the same system, use the largest memory and disk space requirement, and add 1 GB memory for each additional adapter, and 20 GB drive space. For example, combining IBM Rational ClearQuest and IBM Rational RequisitePro would require 2 - 4 CPU with 5-9 GB RAM and 100 GB or more of hard drive space.

  • Display monitor with at least 1024 x 768 color resolution using 256 colors
  • Microsoft® mouse or compatible pointing device
Platforms (x86-32)
  • Microsoft Windows® Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Enterprise Edition with FDCC, Enterprise Edition, Ultimate Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Professional Edition with FDCC, Professional Edition
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 5 GA with Update 1
Software
  • IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1
  • IBM Rational ClearCase 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1
  • IBM Rational RequisitePro 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1
  • IBM Rational TestManager 7.0.1 and 7.0.2
  • IBM Rational Quality Manager 1.0.1
Note: IBM Rational TestManager is not supported for Microsoft Windows 2008 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

IBM Rational Requisite® Pro is not supported for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Application servers

IBM WebSphere® Application Server 6.1.0.21

Web browsers
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
  • Firefox 2.0 and its upgrades
Network
  • 10/100M Ethernet card with IPv4 protocol. Optionally, IPv6 protocol
  • Network connection so that Rational Insight can connect to the Rational Insight Data Services adapters.

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