Before you Begin

This application relies on the Business Analytics Server platform for search capabilities. This involves several requirements detailed in this section.

Important: Exalead CloudView is the technical product on which Business Analytics Server runs. You will therefore mainly see reference to "Exalead CloudView" in the documentation.

This page discusses:

Prerequisites

Before installing the application, install a Business Analytics Server platform that has the same version level, with:

  • A valid license file for a standalone installation.

    Important: Business Analytics Server cannot start if your license file (cvlicense.dat or .lic file) contains a "property: "feature.dsls.required" "true" line. In that case, specify a valid DSLS server address in the DSLicSrv.txt licensing client configuration file. For more information, see DS License Server Installation Guide: Configuring Clients.

  • The latest cumulative hotfix.
  • A consolidation server named cs0
Note: No configuration change should have been made on your Business Analytics Server installation. For more information about the platform installation, see the Business Analytics Server Installation Guide.

Sizing

Project Intelligence could run entirely on one single machine for a typical usage.

Example of hardware sizing hypothesis:

  • <1 million Business Objects collected, containing textual data (alphanum / dates/ numbers)
  • <2 full reindexing of data per day
  • <1 query / second on search traffic peak, latency < 1 second

Corresponding hardware recommendation:

  • CPU: 4 core
  • RAM: 16 Go
  • Disk: 300 GB - with speed >1000 iops in random access read & write - 30MB/s in sequential throughput