Installation prerequisites

The steps highlighted in this section must be completed prior to the installation.

Ensuring hardware requirements

The hardware requirements given here are recommendations based on the EDG and should be treated as general guidelines and not strict requirements, as hardware sizing can vary drastically as it is based on numerous factors. The following table assumes an installation of Web Tier, SOA Suite, OSB, ESS, and WSM on a single server:

Component

Requirement (per host)

Memory/RAM

24 GB

File descriptors

15,000

Operating system processes

1,000

SWAP

1 GB

/tmp

1.5 GB

Disk space (shared storage)

5 GB

Disk space (local storage)

15 GB (includes software installation files)

Setting up the load balancer

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