1. Installation and Configuration Guide
  2. Requirements for STA
  3. Server Requirements
  4. Server Sizing and Considerations for Larger Installations

Server Sizing and Considerations for Larger Installations

Larger library environments are more demanding on the STA server. The minimum server size required depends on the number of libraries, slots, drives, media, and exchanges per hour.

Before you install or upgrade to the latest version of STA, contact your Oracle sales representative for assistance with sizing your STA server. The sales representative can use the STA Server Sizing Tool to provide you with sizing recommendations to meet your site's current needs and expected growth.

Memory swap size must be 50 to 100 percent of RAM size. See Review the STA File System Layout.

If you have significant exchanges per hour (greater than 300) with multiple libraries attached to a single STA server and a long history with STA, you should carefully consider the size of the following key areas:

  • Operating system and main application area — Oracle recommends this to be on its own appropriately sized HDD. The Oracle storage home location (for example, /Oracle) needs to be at least 100 GB, but you should allocate 200 GB if /tmp is in the root partition. Allocate another 200 GB if /var/log/tbi is also in the root partition.
  • STA database data (for example, /dbdata) — Oracle recommends this to be on its own appropriately sized HDD. Guidance is from 250 GB up to 500 GB.
  • STA database backups (for example, /dbbackup) — Oracle recommends this to be on its own appropriately sized HDD. Guidance is from 500 GB up to 2 TB.

You may also want to consider using SSDs.