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On- Premise Gateway Installation

Hi everyone!

I have a question, It's advisable to install the gateway on a separate server or I can install in the same server of the database?

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lbendlin
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Best practice is to install the gateway on dedicated VMs  (more than one!)  with 32GB RAM, 16 cores, and at least two spindles  (better three - one for the OS, one for the logs, and one for the static (!) page file).

 

Installing the gateway on a VM that already runs something else can and will lead to memory starvation and CPU exhaustion for  both apps.

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Anonymous
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I understand! Thank you for your answer!👍

lbendlin
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Super User

Best practice is to install the gateway on dedicated VMs  (more than one!)  with 32GB RAM, 16 cores, and at least two spindles  (better three - one for the OS, one for the logs, and one for the static (!) page file).

 

Installing the gateway on a VM that already runs something else can and will lead to memory starvation and CPU exhaustion for  both apps.

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