Jedox Suite Platform Support Guide with Technical Reference
Jedox Suite Platform Support Guide with Technical Reference Jedox AG Dated: 23-Oct-2012 Copyright Jedox AG Copyright Reserved. Reproduction including electronic reproduction and substantive recovery - even of parts - only with the approval of Jedox AG. Legal steps may be taken in case of non-compliance. Jedox, Worksheet-Server, Supervision Server and Palo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Jedox GmbH. Microsoft and Microsoft Excel are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corp. All other trademarks are property of the respective companies. For the purpose of readability, brand names and trademarks are not explicitly stressed. If a relevant description (e.g. TM or ) is missing, it is not to be concluded that the name is freely available.
Content 1 Jedox Software Requirements... 4 2 Jedox Hardware Requirements... 5 3 Platform Support Guide... 6 3.1 Support Terms... 6 3.2 Jedox Software Support Levels... 7 4 Technical Reference... 10 4.1 Information about software programming... 10 4.2 Limits of the Jedox OLAP Server 4.0... 10 4.3 Limits of the Jedox ETL Server 4.0... 12
Jedox Software Requirements -4-1 Jedox Software Requirements Jedox OLAP Server OS MS Windows XP Pro (SP2 or higher) 1) Windows Server 2003 1) / 2008 / 2012 2) Windows Vista Windows 7 Jedox for Excel Spreadsheet 32 and 64 bit versions 3) (alternative) MS Excel 4) 2003 with Service Pack 3 2007 5) 2010 6) OS (alternative) Jedox Web (Client + OLAP Server + ETL Server) MS Windows XP Pro (SP2 or higher) 1) Linux with Kernel 2.6.32 or higher Windows Server 2003 1) / 2008 2) Windows Vista Windows 7 Red Hat EL 6 / CentOS 6 SUSE LE 11 SP1 Debian 6.0.3 Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS Browser 7) (alternative) JRE Firefox 3.6+ Internet Explorer 8+ JAVA Runtime Environment Version 6 or higher 8) Jedox SAP Connectivity Connector SAP Java Connector (JCo) version 3.0 or higher 9) 1) Windows Installer 3.1 or higher must be installed. 2) Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 are not since Jedox/Palo Version 3.2. Microsoft s product support ends 7/13/2010 (http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=7274). 3) 64-bit versions are possible since Jedox for Excel version 3.3. 4) Jedox for Excel needs.net Framework (Client Profile) 4.0 or higher (included in Jedox for Excel Setup). 5) To see the Jedox menu in Excel 2007, you must first install the MS Office VBA components. 6) The version Microsoft Click to Run is not. 7) Starting with Jedox Suite Version 3.3 there is displayed a message for un browsers. Linux versions of the browsers are not officially. 8) Only Java Runtime Environment versions of Oracle are. 9) SAP JCo is available from SAP AG at the SAP Service Marketplace.
2 Jedox Hardware Requirements Jedox Hardware Requirements -5- minimum 1) recommended 1) comment Jedox Excel Client CPU Pentium 4 Core Duo or higher RAM 256 MB 1 GB or more Installation without Server HD 40 MB 60 MB for Program files Installation with Server HD 55 MB 1 GB or more Jedox OLAP Server for 10 CC CPU Pentium 4 Core i7 or higher 2) RAM 1 GB 4 GB or more 2) HD 1 GB 10 GB or more 2) for 50 CC CPU Pentium 4 cluster(2+nodes) or higher 2) RAM 2 GB 10 GB or more 2) for 100 CC CPU 4 x Pentium 4 cluster(4+nodes) or higher 2) 64 bit System RAM 4 GB 10 GB or more 2) for 500 CC CPU 8 x Pentium 4 cluster(8+nodes) or higher 2) 64 bit System RAM 8 GB 16 GB or more 2) HD 5 GB 30 GB or more 2) Jedox OLAP Accelerator GPU Tesla C1060 2 Tesla C2070 or more 2) Jedox Web for 10 CC CPU Pentium 4 Core i7 or higher 3) RAM 1 GB 4 GB or more 3) HD 1 GB 10 GB or more 3) for 50 CC CPU Pentium 4 cluster(2+nodes) or higher 3) RAM 2 GB 10 GB or more 3) HD 1 GB 10 GB or more 3) for 100 CC CPU 4 x Pentium 4 cluster(4+nodes) or higher 3) 64 bit System RAM 4 GB 10 GB or more 3) HD 1 GB 10 GB or more 3) for 500 CC CPU 8 x Pentium 4 cluster(8+nodes) or higher 3) 64 bit System RAM 8 GB 16 GB or more 3) HD 5 GB 30 GB or more 3) Jedox ETL Server CPU Pentium 4 Core Duo or higher 2) RAM 2 GB 4 GB or more 2) HD 2 GB 4 GB or more 2) 1) CPU specifications are sample data, equivalent processors are also possible. Memory data mean free memory. 2) Depending on the size of the database and/or complexity of data model and rules 3) Depending on the number and size of the Web Spreadsheets and Web Reports
Platform Support Guide -6- General Notes: Supervision Server does not have exclusive Hardware requirements. Jedox SAP Connectivity has the same hardware requirements as the Jedox ETL Server. Our hardware recommendations are limited to the basic use of our software products. For larger applications, we recommend the splitting of the processes (OLAP, ETL, Web) on several machines (see Jedox web configuration in our setup guide). For more than 500 CC, we ask for prior consultation of one of our experienced consultants. Please refer also to our Jedox OLAP Accelerator Factsheet, which can be downloaded from our website. The Jedox OLAP Accelerator can utilize CUDA-capable NVIDIA graphics cards as massively parallel co-processors for speeding up OLAP aggregations. Thus Jedox applications may achieve significant performance improvements. Jedox products also support virtual platforms, however, compared with a real hardware constellation, performance degradation can occur. The difference in performance must be checked in each individual case, since this depends on the application and on the given virtual platform. 3 Platform Support Guide Here you will find the support levels for various platforms for the following Jedox Software: Jedox for Excel Jedox OLAP Server Jedox Web Jedox ETL Server Jedox SAP Connectivity Jedox 3rd Party Access Supervision Server WSS2 Excel Designer Version 2.0 Worksheet Server Version 2.0 3.1 Support Terms Supported: Jedox tested the current version with the platform, operating system or browser, support is able to help, fixes will be provided. Viable: Jedox has not tested the current version with the platform, system or browser. However, we believe that the platform is viable for the operation of our application. There are installations on this platform and they work correct. Fixes may be provided if an update to a higher/newer version is not possible Un: The current version is not supporting the platform, operating system or browser at all. The system will not run. Please check the current roadmap of possible future support. N/A: Not available resp. Not applicable
3.2 Jedox Software Support Levels Platform Support Guide -7- Operating Systems Jedox for Excel Jedox OLAP Server Jedox Web Jedox ETL Server 1) Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 64bit Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 64bit Vista Windows 7 SUSE LE 11 SP1 N/A Debian 6.0.3 N/A Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS N/A Red Hat / CentOS 6 N/A Terminal Services viable N/A N/A N/A VMWare Web- / App-Servers Apache 2 N/A N/A N/A Tomcat N/A N/A Internet Information Server N/A N/A un N/A Frameworks.NET 4.0 N/A N/A N/A.NET 4.5 N/A N/A N/A Java 6 N/A N/A PHP 5.x N/A N/A N/A Client Spreadsheets Microsoft Excel 2003 N/A un un Microsoft Excel 2007 N/A viable 2) un Microsoft Excel 2010 N/A viable 2) un Client Browsers Internet Explorer 6 N/A 3) un un Internet Explorer 7 N/A 3) un un Internet Explorer 8+ N/A 3) 4) Firefox 3.6+ N/A 3) Chrome N/A 3) viable viable Safari N/A 3) viable viable Databases Oracle N/A N/A N/A MS SQL Server 2008/2012 N/A N/A N/A MS Access N/A N/A viable see additional table Jedox OLAP 3.3 un N/A un un Jedox OLAP 4.0 N/A 1) The support levels for Jedox ETL Server apply also for Jedox SAP Connectivity. See also the additional table. 2) Import of Microsoft Excel XLSX files to Jedox Spreadsheet. 3) OLAP Server API documentation. 4) The Compatibility view of Internet Explorer 8 is not.
Platform Support Guide -8- Operating Systems Jedox 3rd Party Access Supervision Server WSS2 Excel Designer Version 2.0 Worksheet Server Version 2.0 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 viable Windows Server 2003 64bit viable Windows Server 2008 viable Windows Server 2008 64bit viable Vista Windows 7 SUSE LE 11 SP1 viable N/A Debian 6.0.3 viable N/A Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS viable N/A Red Hat / CentOS 6 viable N/A Terminal Services viable viable viable viable VMWare Web- / App-Servers Apache 2 N/A N/A N/A Tomcat N/A N/A N/A N/A Internet Information Server N/A N/A N/A N/A Frameworks.NET 4.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A.NET 4.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A Java 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A PHP 5.x N/A N/A N/A Client Spreadsheets Microsoft Excel 2003 N/A N/A Microsoft Excel 2007 N/A N/A Microsoft Excel 2010 N/A N/A Client Browsers Internet Explorer 6 N/A N/A N/A Internet Explorer 7 N/A N/A N/A Internet Explorer 8+ N/A N/A N/A Firefox 3.6+ N/A N/A N/A Chrome N/A N/A N/A Safari N/A N/A N/A Databases Oracle N/A N/A MS SQL Server 20008/2012 N/A N/A MS Access N/A N/A Jedox OLAP 3.3 un un N/A Jedox OLAP 4.0 N/A un
Platform Support Guide -9- Additional Table ETL Server Jedox ETL Server Comment Relational Databases 1) DB2 Derby HSQLDB Ingres MS Access MS SQL Server 20008/2012 My SQL Oracle PostgreSQL SAP MaxDB Parallel Access not possible due to restrictions of Microsoft Access Driver other Databases Jedox Jedox/Palo OLAP-Server 2.5 or higher other Data Files Structured text files xml files other Data Services LDAP Server SOAP Connection to Web services Additional Table Jedox SAP Connectivity Jedox SAP Connectivity SAP Netweaver all Releases SAP ERP / ECC all Releases SAP R/3 Release 4.7 2) SAP BW Release 3.5 or higher 2) 1) The ETL Server can also read data from databases not listed when for the database is available a JDBC driver or an ODBC driver. 2) If you are interested in the connection with previous SAP R/3 and BW releases, please contact Jedox AG directly.
4 Technical Reference 4.1 Information about software programming Jedox Web is written in C++, Java, PHP and JavaScript. Jedox OLAP is written in C++. Jedox ETL (server and client) is written in Java. Jedox for Excel is written in C++ and C#(.NET). Technical Reference -10-4.2 Limits of the Jedox OLAP Server 4.0 The number of objects with ID is limited by a 4 byte long unsigned integer. (This corresponds to 2 ^ 32 = 4,294,967,296 objects). The number of numeric values in a cube is limited to 4.294.967.296. The length of all string values together in a cube is limited to 4.294.967.296 characters (including terminating zeros). The length of all element names together in a dimension is limited to 4.294.967.296 characters (including terminating zeros). Parameter max value 1) Users Number of user groups Number of users Number of users per group Number of groups per user Number of characters in a user name/description Number of characters in a user password Number of characters in a group name/description Number of concurrent connected users 64 K Server / database Memory usage for one database (32 bit Windows OS) 2 or 3 GB 2) Memory usage for one database (64 bit Windows OS) >> 64 GB 2) Memory usage for one database (32 bit Linux OS) 4 GB 2) Memory usage for one database (64 bit Linux OS) >> 64 GB 2) Number of databases on one server Number of dimensions in one database Number of cubes in one database (32 bit) 3) 2^64 (64 bit) 3) 1) The maximum level applies to the sum of individual values as specified at the beginning of Chapter 4.2. 2) The data storage needs approximately 10-15 bytes for a numeric value. A sample database with a realistic dimension with 1.3 million elements needs about 305 MB. 3) We recommend a number in the hundreds range.
Technical Reference -11- Parameter max value 1) Cube Number of dimensions in a cube 250 / 27 2) How often can a dimension be used in a cube 1 Number of characters in cube name/description Number of characters in text cells Number of rules in a cube Number of markers in a cube Length of a rule Length of a marker Length of a rule description Number of characters in cell notes Number of values in a cube Dimension Number of elements in one dimension 3) Number of children for one parent Number of parents for one child Number of consolidations in one dimension Number of consolidation levels Number of factors in a consolidation Number of factors in a dimension Number of dimensions Number of characters in dimension name/description Number of characters in element name Sum of the length of element names for a cell address * Subsets Number of elements in a subset Number of stored subsets (public and private) Number of characters in a subset name Attributes Number of attribute tables per database Number of attribute tables per dimension 1 Number of characters in an attribute field Number of characters in a text field of an attribute table Number of fields within an attribute table 1) The maximum level applies to the sum of individual values as specified at the beginning of Chapter 4.2. 2) The number is limited by the processing limitations of the PALO.DATA functions. In Excel 2003 there are 27 dimensions possible, in Excel 2007 and later versions are 250 dimensions possible. 3) Tested with 13 million elements. 2^31
Technical Reference -12-4.3 Limits of the Jedox ETL Server 4.0 Parameter Max. Value Memory usage - on 32 bit Windows OS 2 or 3 GB - on 64 bit Windows OS >> 64 GB - on 32 bit Linux OS 4 GB - on 64 bit Linux OS >> 64 GB Number of characters for names - for project names 120 - for component names 128 - for a column name 128 Number of columns in an extract or transform 1012