- SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor
- Joe Dissmeyer
- 421字
- 2021-07-27 18:00:44
System requirements
SolarWinds Orion NPM is a Windows-only product and it requires two things; a computer running a compatible Windows Server OS and a Windows computer running Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or newer. In order to plan out how or where you are going to install Orion NPM, you need to know Orion NPM's hardware, operating system, software, and SQL Server requirements. Depending on the Windows Server hardware requirements, you can mix and match most modern Windows Server operating systems and SQL Server editions.
Note
The latest SolarWinds Orion NPM system requirements information can be found in the Orion NPM Quick Start Guide at http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/orion/orionDoc.aspx.
Minimum Windows Server hardware requirements:
- 2.0 GHz Intel or AMD Dual Core Processor
- 3 GB of memory
- 2.5 GB of free hard disk space
Recommended Windows Server hardware:
- 3.0 GHz Intel or AMD Quad Core Processor
- 8 GB of memory
- 20 GB of free hard disk space
Minimum Windows Server OS requirements:
- Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (x86 or x64)
Recommended Windows Server OS:
- Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 (x64)
- Windows Server 2012 (x64)
Additional software requirements:
- .NET Framework 3.5
- .NET Framework 4.0
- .NET Framework 4.5
- Internet Information Services 6.0 or higher (32-bit mode only)
Supported SQL Server editions:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with SP2 Express, Standard, or Enterprise
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 with SP1 Express, Standard, or Enterprise
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express, Standard, or Enterprise
Support for Windows Server 2012 was added in the 10.4.0 release of Orion NPM and SQL Server 2012 support was added in the 10.3.1 release. Keep in mind that Microsoft Will drop support for Windows Server 2003 in 2014 with SQL Server 2005 support being dropped soon afterwards. This is why I am not including them in the preceding list even though they are on the official list of supported software. Both I and SolarWinds highly recommend using Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 at a minimum.
SolarWinds supports Orion NPM installations on virtual machines. However, the following rules apply:
- Microsoft SQL Server must be installed on its own dedicated physical server. Orion databases that reside in a SQL Server instance running inside a virtual machine is not supported.
- Orion NPM installations on domain controllers are not supported.
- Orion NPM virtual machines are only supported in VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V environments. Other virtual hosts (such as Citrix XenServer or KVM) are not supported.
- The virtual machine where Orion NPM is installed must have its own dedicated physical network interface card on the virtual host.