Hardware Requirements, Scaling, and Sizing

Minimum Server Hardware Requirements

BA Insights recommends distributing its applications across two servers:

Following are the minimum hardware specifications required to run BA Insight products.

Servers should be scaled based on:

  • Your organization's requirements
  • Growth rate of both your:
    • Users
    • Data required to be indexed

Server Architecture with BA Insight Products

  • Server 1 – Front End
    • SmartHub
  • Server 2 – Backend
    • Connector Backend: Connectivity Hub
  • Server 3
    • Connectors
  • Server 4
    • AutoClassifier

Server Requirements

Each server or virtual machine for your web server and database server must have the following general requirements (your specific requirements may vary):

  • Processing:
    • 4-8 vCPUs
  • Memory:
    • 8-32 GB RAM.
    • NOTE: If you are processsing large videos, BA Insight recommends more memory.
  • Storage:
    • 1 System Drive (Minimum: 100 GB)
    • 1 Data Drive (Minimum: 200 GB)

NOTE: If you are using Elasticsearch, note that it cannot be on the same server as Connectivity Hub.

All INDEXES must be on their own separate INFRASTRUCTURE (VCPUs).