GE Digital APM Database Server

Hardware Requirements

The following hardware requirements outline the minimum hardware required for any machine that will serve as the GE Digital APM Database Server. These requirements account for the GE Digital APM software only. Additional hardware may be required on GE Digital APM Database Server machines where components other than the GE Digital APM database are installed. These requirements may not be sufficient, depending upon how your system is configured.

Four Processor Cores, 2+ GHz
32 GB RAM
200 GB of available hard drive space on, at a minimum, 10K RPM drives

Note also that:

While GE Digital supports the use of RAID 5, which has benefits in its recoverability features, GE Digital recommends the use of RAID 10 for the best overall database performance.
Oracle requires instance tuning to use memory cache effectively. For Oracle Database Servers, a comparable UNIX-based system can be used.
A minimum of a 100BASE-TX switched network is required between the GE Digital APM Server and the GE Digital APM Database Server.

Software Requirements

GE Digital APM supports the use of an Oracle or SQL Server Database Server.

Oracle Requirements

GE Digital APM requires that you use the Enterprise Edition or Standard Edition of Oracle Server 12.1 or 12.2. Oracle Multimedia is required in all cases. The GE Digital APM testing environment uses Oracle Server 12.1.0.1, 12.1.0.2, and 12.2.0.1.0.

SQL Server Requirements

GE Digital APM requires that you use SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2014, or SQL Server 2016. If you are using SQL Server 2012, it must be SP3 or above. The GE Digital testing environment uses SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition SP3, SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition RTM and SP2, and SQL Server 2016 SP1.

IMPORTANT: GE Digital does not support any modifications made to database tables directly or via third-party tools. Do not write data directly into or change data in database tables through any third-party tool.

Only access, add, or modify data related to GE Digital products via approved GE Digital procedures and processes. Accessing, adding, or modifying data by any other method may result in data corruption, and may void your GE Digital product warranty. For more information, consult a member of the GE Digital Professional Services department.