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cdwilson100
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6 years ago

Minimum Spec for Power BI Gateway

Hi   We have a small data warehouse which is currently just less than 3MB in size. I expect the maximum size that it will reach would be 50MB. The recommended minimum spec for a server acting as a ...
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Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
6 years ago

cdwilson100 - I would say you could probably try halving those specifications and give it a whirl, mabye even on a Windows 10 device honestly. Now, none of what I just said is best practice, but if you want to see what you can get away with, try it out on an Azure VM and see how it goes.

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cdwilson100
Regular Visitor
6 years ago

Thank you for your reply Greg, I will investigate the different configurations with a VM in Azure and let you know the outcome. 

 

Kind regards

 

Chris

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    cdwilson100
    Regular Visitor
    6 years ago

    Would you recommend shutting down the Power BI gateway and only run it overnight to refresh the data in the reports?

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      v-lionel-msft
      Community Support
      6 years ago

      Hi cdwilson100 ,

       

      Just make sure that the gateway service is running when the the scheduled refresh is in progress.

       

      Best regards,
      Lionel Chen

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