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titleYellowfin Stories


Yellowfin Stories are relatively lightweight but requires resources to account for concurrent users reading a story. Stories have embedded Yellowfin reports, therefore the recommended specification will be the same as the Data Discovery product.

Functional Application Server Requirements

Yellowfin requires a minimum specification to be functional. The Yellowfin service will start on the following server specification: 

Requirement

Minimum Functional Specification

Processor

1 x Single Core 1GHz 32-bit CPU or equivalent

RAM

2 GB (1.4 GB allocated to Yellowfin)

Hard Disk

1 GB Free Space

Operating System

Any operating system that can support a full Java Virtual Machine (JVM) 8.

Database

Local database on the same server

Note: This specification is only recommended for roughly 30 concurrent users who are reading or creating Stories which do not have reports. 32-bit machines are not recommended, as it enforces a hard limit on the amount of memory that can be allocated to Yellowfin.

 

Recommended Application Server Requirements

The recommended server configuration below would suit an environment for up to roughly 100 concurrent story consumers.

Requirement

Recommended Minimum Specification

Processor

1 x Quad Core (8 Thread) 3GHz 64-bit CPU or equivalent

RAM

4 GB (3.5 GB allocated to Yellowfin)

Hard Disk

2 GB HDD Free Space

Operating System

Windows Server

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, or Ubuntu Server LTS.

Java

JRE 8 Minimum

Web Application Server

Tomcat

Web Server

Tomcat

Note: The specifications above are for a dedicated Yellowfin Server, with no other significant software running on the server other than the operating system. Running a database or other software on the same server would require additional RAM and CPU to meet the recommended minimum specification.


Recommended Repository Database Requirements

Yellowfin requires a database for storing metadata for the content and users that are in Yellowfin. It is recommended that this database reside on a separate server to where the Yellowfin application resides.

Requirement

Recommended Minimum Specification

Processor

1 x Dual Core (4 Thread) 3 GHz 64-bit or equivalent

RAM

4 GB

Hard Disk

10 GB (preferably SSD or RAID based storage)

Database

Yellowfin requires one of the following databases to use as an application configuration database:

  • DB2 Universal Database 8.1 or later

  • Oracle Database 9+

  • PostgreSQL 8+

  • SQL Server 2000+

  • Sybase ASE, ASA, IQ

  • Ingres

  • MySQL 5

  • Cache’ DB

  • HSQL (Not for Production Systems)

  • TiDB (Beta)


Client Requirements

The client machine is where a user will connect to Yellowfin from. Users will connect to Yellowfin through their web browser. Some Yellowfin reports can be large and it requires memory and processing power to render this in a browser.  Yellowfin also makes extensive use of JavaScript. This code is run in the browser and requires some processing power to execute.

It is difficult to recommend a specification for a client machine, as each user will have different programs (with different memory and CPU requirements) running on their desktop computer simultaneously. The following can be used as a guide, but it assumes that there are no other resource intensive processes running on the computer.

Requirement

Recommended Minimum Specification

Client Processor

1 x 2Ghz Dual Core (4 thread) CPU or equivalent

Client RAM

4 GB

Web Browser

Recommended browsers include:

  • Chrome

  • Firefox

  • Safari

  • Microsoft Edge

  • Internet Explorer (cannot edit Stories)

 


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