HP 3PAR System Reporter Software - Manual (Page 42)

3.6 Using the System Reporter Sizing Spreadsheet
3PAR System Reporter User’s Guide System Reporter 2.8
3.4 Using the System Reporter Sizing Spreadsheet
Before installing System Reporter, you need to determine the system resources that are
required to adequately run System Reporter and the selected data base server. The optimal
computing power (CPU cores), memory and storage space needed to accommodate the data
that is sampled by System Reporter and used to generate reports depends on the number of
systems and the amount of storage that is being monitored for your particular installation. An
Excel spreadsheet named SR_Sizing.xls ( Figure 3-1 ) is included with System Reporter for the
purpose of determining the optimal system resources that are recommended for running
System Reporter and the database server at your site. This spreadsheet is included on the
installation CD.
Entities in the spreadsheet are color coded. Only the values into controls or cells colored red
need to be set. Cells or ranges in yellow are output values that you can use to size or configure
the server that you will use to run System Reporter. Values in blue are empirically determined
parameters used to drive the sizing model.
NOTE: The System Reporter Sizing Spreadsheet is protected except for the cells in
red, but you can turn off the protection to see the formulas that are used to
derive a given value.