Hardware Requirements, Scaling, and Sizing

Minimum Server Hardware Requirements

BA Insights recommends distributing its applications across two servers:

Following is 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.

Scaling for Elastic Clusters with BA Insight Products

BA Insight recommends following Elasticsearch best practices to size your Elastic cluster.

Server Architecture with BA Insight Products

Note: The following requirements vary depending on the number and combination of BA Insight products you have.

If you are using Elasticsearch, note that it can not be on the same server as SmartHub.

All INDEXES must be on their own separate INFRASTRUCTURES (vCPUs).

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:
    • 16 GB RAM
  • Storage:
    • 1 System Drive (Minimum: 100 GB)
    • 1 Data Drive (Minimum: 200 GB)