Reviewing Hardware Prerequisites for OSK DPK

You can install the OSK DPK directly on a system running a Linux or Microsoft Windows operating system. The OSK DPK is certified to run on those Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems that are certified for OpenSearch for a PeopleSoft environment. The host can be a physical computer or a virtual machine.

  • Host computer

    The OSK DPK can be installed on a Linux or Microsoft Windows host (bare metal or virtual).

    Installing OpenSearch Dashboards and Logstash are optional. Oracle recommends that you install the OSK DPK on a server that is separate from those used for PeopleSoft installations. OpenSearch Dashboards and Logstash can be installed on one of the OpenSearch nodes in the OpenSearch cluster for improved performance, depending on the available memory and CPU. For PeopleSoft Health Center and OpenSearch monitoring purposes, completely different OpenSearch Dashboards and OpenSearch instances can be used to isolate the OpenSearch Dashboards used for application analytics.

    If you want to use PeopleSoft Health Center, you must install OpenSearch, OpenSearch Dashboards, and Logstash.

    See PeopleTools: Search Technology.

    See PeopleTools: Performance Monitor, "Working with PeopleSoft Health Center."

  • Host operating system

    The host operating system must be 64-bit Oracle certified platform.

    The integration of OpenSearch, OpenSearch Dashboards, and Logstash with PeopleSoft systems is supported for Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. For current support information see the My Oracle Support certifications for PeopleSoft PeopleTools.

    See My Oracle Support, Patches and Product Certifications.

    See My Oracle Support Portal Documentation, Patches and Product Certifications (My Oracle Support, Article ID MC1), for help searching PeopleSoft certifications.

  • RAM (Memory)

    Oracle recommends a minimum of 32 GB available RAM for running an OpenSearch environment, and preferably 64 GB.

    Note:

    See the information on heap size in the section Reviewing OpenSearch Recommendations.

  • Disk space

    A minimum of 100 GB free disk space is required for the OpenSearch deployed environment.

  • CPU

    A minimum of 4 CPUs is recommended.

    Note:

    Choose a modern processor with multiple cores. If you need to choose between faster CPUs or more cores, choose more cores. The extra concurrency that multiple cores offers will far outweigh a slightly faster clock speed.