- How much hardware does a Unifier installation require?
See the Deployment Categories section of this guide for the recommended hardware for each deployment size.
- How much disk space does Unifier require?
The Unifier application requires little space; however, you do need enough space to run the application server software (such as WebLogic) and to keep historic log files.
You must also ensure that you have the appropriate amount of disk space available on you database server. You can learn more about disk space recommendations in the Deployment Categories section of this guide.
- Can the Unifier database be installed in a shared database environment?
For large deployments Oracle recommends a dedicated Unifier database server.
- How is bandwidth requirement calculated?
- Will there be an impact of caching on bandwidth?
Yes. Caching will certainly reduce network round trips thereby boosting the performance of Unifier. The proposed bandwidth estimates take caching into consideration. First page hits to the server are not taken into consideration for bandwidth estimation.
The first hit to the server will be costly as all static web components will be fetched from the server and thereafter subsequent requests will contact server only for dynamic content.
- How much disk space will the database schema require for table spaces?
Tables that include the recommended disk space for different configurations can be found in the Deployment Categories section of this guide.
- What is the best way to monitor performance for Unifier?
You can use Oracle Enterprise Manager to monitor many aspects of the database (Oracle database only), in addition to OS and Web Logic exposed metrics.
- What is considered acceptable network latency for Unifier?
Unifier has been tested within simulated latency environments and offers acceptable performance up to 100 ms (round-trip time, from client machine to front end server). Higher latency environments have been tested, but higher network latency results in proportionally slower response times.
- What is the best way to monitor performance for Unifier?
You can use Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) to monitor many aspects of the database (Oracle database only), in addition to OS and Web Logic exposed metrics.
- What is considered acceptable network latency for Unifier?
Unifier has been tested within simulated latency environments and offers acceptable performance up to 100 ms (round-trip time, from client machine to front end server). Higher latency environments have been tested, but higher network latency results in proportionally slower response times.