Important: Prior to installing, please read the appropriate
MPX Administrator's Guide and the
StarTeam Installation Guide on the
Product Documentation page of the
Micro Focus web site at
http://supportline.microfocus.com/productdoc.aspx. Proper planning is required in order to achieve best results from MPX.
The
StarTeam Server must be installed prior to installing the
Message Broker and
MPX Cache Agent. MPX transmitters have the same system requirements as the
StarTeam Server because they are part of that system. The
MPX Message Broker is required - it can be the
ActiveMQ MPX
Message Broker or the
StarTeamMPX
Message Broker.The
MPX Message Broker is a publish/subscribe messaging engine that broadcasts messages to subscriber components on a topic basis. It is a stand-alone
process that can run on a separate computer to offload network processing overhead in high-volume environments. For details,
see the
StarTeam Server
System Requirements in this document. You can also set up
MPX Cache Agents in tiers at a variety of locations so that file contents and objects, transmitted by the file transmitter, can be a local
network near any
StarTeam user.MPX Cache Agents work with the
StarTeam Cross-Platform Client to check out files and fetch objects faster.
Message Brokers and
MPX Cache Agent
Note: For the
MPX Cache Agent, these requirements should be sufficient for teams that have 50 to 100 members.
- Operating Systems
-
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 (64-bit)
- SUSE Linux 11.3 and 11.4 (64-bit)
Note: You cannot install a 64-bit Windows
StarTeam component on a 32-bit Windows system. The installer will return an error.
Note:
StarTeam Server 16.3 and above support IP V6. The MPX
Message Broker ( Technology built on Smart Sockets) does not support IP V6 networks. Customers who intend to be on IP V6 networks should
migrate to
ActiveMQ MPX Message Brokers.
- Processor/Hardware
-
- Disk appropriate for size of cache; fast disk preferable but not mandatory
- 100 Megabit NIC or better
- 1 CPU P4 1Ghz or better
- RAM
-
256 MB memory or better
Note: A
MPX Cache Agent supports memory caching, which is important if object caching is enabled. Therefore, additional memory should be available
to support the desired amount of memory caching. The default memory cache size is 100MB.
- Hard disk space
- 12 MB to install the application plus sufficient disk space for the desired size of each
MPX Cache Agent's cache
- Display
-
SVGA, high color mode, 1024x768 or greater
Recommended resolution: 1280x1024 or more
- Other
- Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing the
MPX Administrator's Guide
Hardware Recommendations
The following are the recommended system configurations according to the number of peak users:
- Less than 100
- 64-bit, dual-core systems with 4GB of memory
- 100-200
- 64-bit, quad-core systems with 4-8GB of memory
- More than 200
- 64-bit, quad-core systems with 8-16GB of memory
For the
Message Broker, the number of peak users is typically lower than the number of peak users connected to the
StarTeam Server since multiple
Message Brokers are used in medium-to-large deployments. The number of peak users connected to a
MPX Cache Agent is significantly lower because
MPX Cache Agents are only used in short bursts. As a result, less hardware resources are typically required to support the
Message Broker and
MPX Cache Agent compared to the
StarTeam Server. Moreover, for a given geographic location, the
Message Broker and
MPX Cache Agent are typically deployed on the same machine.