Additional Process Server on Linux

This document describes the minimum configuration requirements when installing a SAFE X3 additional process server on a Linux server.

Category Configuration requirements
Operating system
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server x64 release 8 (with mandatory compat-openssl10 package)
  • Oracle Enterprise Linux 8.

Note: The libunwind library is mandatory up to runtime version 96.2.
Server
  • Industry-standard server or virtual machine in a certified virtualization platform/operating system configuration
  • Processors:
    • Intel® CPUs:
      • Minimal models: Intel® Xeon® E5 v4, E7 v4
      • Recommended: Latest (third generation) or previous generation (second and first) Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors, Gold or Platinum variants
    • AMD™ CPUs:
      • Opteron™ family is very slow on integer computation and should not be used at all.
      • EPYC™ gen.1 (7001 series) are behind equivalent Intel® Xeon® CPUs of the same generation. Their use is discouraged.
      • EPYC™ gen.2 (7002 series) can be used. Its performance is similar to equivalent Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors.
    • Processor clock frequency:
      • Avoid low energy processors with low clock frequency. This will give poor results.
      • The base clock frequency should be ≥ 2.4 GHz.
      • For heavy single-threaded loads, consider using a processor with a 2.8 GHz or higher base clock speed.
  • Standard needs for the Sage X3 runtime (no database, and no Syracuse in the same VM), with 2.4 GHz Intel® Xeon®:
    • 2 logical cores for the first 40 Sage X3 sessions.
    • 1 additional logical core for each additional 40 Sage X3 sessions.
  • Add at least two logical cores for Oracle RDBMS if it is on the same host as Sage X3 application or runtime components.
RAM Minimum configuration:
  • 2 GB for Windows Operating System.
  • Generally, the RAM usage per X3 session is under 100 MB, but it can be higher in the case of non-standard settings of maxmem.
Disk space
  • SAFE X3 process server uses less than 200 MB at installation time.
  • Some extra space will be needed for temporary files during operation.
  • It is recommended to have at least 2 GB of free space on the NTFS volume where the Sage X3 process server is installed.
Software prerequisites for Sage X3 components
  • If you want to perform the Sage X3 components installation in graphical mode on Linux, make sure you have installed the minimal set of X11 components.
    To check if X11 components are operational, install the xclock X11 application (yum install xclock) and try to use it.
    Otherwise, you can launch the Sage X3 components EZpack installer in character mode by adding the -console option.
  • Ksh (Korn Shell) should be present on application and runtime servers, as it is used for some scripts during installation and later operations.
    Perform a yum install ksh before configuring the Sage X3 solution with the console.
  • SELINUX should be set to Permissive on the application and runtime servers.
  • Pay attention to firewall settings on Sage X3 servers.
  • A JDK or Java Runtime Environment (version 8) must be installed before any Sage X3 component installation.
    • You can use the OpenJDK packages from Red Hat or Oracle Linux standard distribution medium/repositories.
    • Use yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk.
  • The SAFE X3 Adxadmin administration engine component must be installed before installing Sage X3 application and runtime components.
  • The latest SAFE X3 management console should be used to configure the Sage X3 solution. Use at least the version provided in the ISO of the installed release.