Hardware and software requirements for the Intuitive for PaperCut solution
Standalone Hardware Requirements
The following table lists the minimum standalone hardware requirements for installing the Intuitive Dashboards for PaperCut MF software:
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Component |
Details |
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Processor |
Dual-Core processor or faster |
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Memory |
4 GB RAM |
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Disk Space |
5 GB free disk space (10 GB recommended) |
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Minimum standalone hardware requirements |
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Side by side Hardware Requirements
The following table lists the minimum side by side hardware requirements for installing the Intuitive Dashboards for PaperCut MF software:
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Component |
Details |
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Processor |
Quad-Core processor or faster |
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Memory |
8 GB RAM |
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Disk Space |
5 GB free disk space (10 GB recommended) |
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Minimum side by side hardware requirements |
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Customer requirements
Good practice is to check the actual amount of memory used by the application after you have loaded the dashboard for the first time. Take into account how much historical data you have available at the time of installation and perhaps schedule to check the installation again after it has been running for a few months.
The memory used can be checked through the task manager on your server and searching for the Intuitive Dashboard Service. There is also a memory manager included in the administration screens of the user interface which give an estimation of the memory occupied by Intuitive Dashboards.
Since Intuitive Dashboards is an in memory application, the memory usage is persistent and will not be released whilst the Intuitive Dashboard service is still running.
The Intuitive Dashboard service uses CPU on demand and therefore only tends to occupy the CPU for short periods. The Intuitive Dashboard service will call for CPU when:-
- The ETL service is loading data - Default is once per day at 2 a.m.
- When the Datafeeds refresh the data in memory - Default is once per day at 4 a.m.
- When a user views a dashboard or applies a filter - On demand
The below illustrates three real-life customer scenarios of the resources occupied on the server. These examples will give you an approximation of the impact on your customer, although it should be noted each customers usage pattern will create a unique set of requirements.
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Customer Scenario 1 |
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VIEWS (ROWS) |
DEVICES |
MEMORY USAGE |
MEMORY USAGE PER DEVICE |
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Monthly aggregated 282k User analysis 21k Print usage view 484k User list view 11k |
1.23k
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Used around 2 GB of memory. 30 day consumed 72% of memory (~1.5 GB) Aggregated 23% (~0.5 GB)
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162 MB per 100 devices 1620 MB per 1000 devices
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Customer Scenario 2 |
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VIEWS (ROWS) |
DEVICES |
MEMORY USAGE |
MEMORY USAGE PER DEVICE |
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Monthly aggregated 623 User analysis 2128 Print usage view 15k User list view 122 |
847 |
Used 273 MB of memory 30 day consumed 85% of memory (~230 MB) Aggregated 15% (~40 MB)
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32 MB per 100 devices 320 MB per 1000 devices |
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Customer Scenario 3 |
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VIEWS (ROWS) |
DEVICES |
MEMORY USAGE |
MEMORY USAGE PER DEVICE |
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Monthly aggregated 17k User analysis 2705 Print usage view 179k User list view 801 |
558 |
Used 645 MB of memory 30 day consumed 66% of memory (~435 MB) Aggregated 8% (~51 MB) |
115 MB per 100 devices 1150 MB per 1000 devices |
Software Requirements
Windows Operating System
The following table lists the minimum software requirements for installing the Intuitive Dashboards for PaperCut MF solution:
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Operating System |
Database |
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Windows Server 2012 (32 or 64 bit) onwards |
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 onwards (Optional) SQL Server 2008 R2 Express SP2 onwards (Optional) SQLite (Included in the installation package) |
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Minimum OS and Database requirements |
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On Server and Desktop installations, Windows .NET v4.0 Framework must be installed as a prerequisite. Windows IIS and IIS Manager must also be installed.
Installation
Preparing to install Intuitive Dashboards for PaperCut MF
Before starting the installation process, please ensure that the account used for the Intuitive Dashboards fulfils the below requirements:
- The user must be a Local Administrator on the server the software is to be installed on
- If you use SQL Server for the Intuitive configuration, you need the System Admin role assigned to the account on the target SQL instance
- Read access is required on the installation path for the PaperCut MF folder
- By default this is “C:\Program Files\PaperCut MF\” but can be configured at a later stage under “Papercut Configuration”