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Hyperic HQ System Requirements

Hyperic HQ is comprised of both a server and an agent (client) that have very different resource requirements. The HQ agent is a lightweight Java-based client that consumes, on average, between 10 – 70 MB of memory, depending on how many plugins are enabled. The HQ server is more resource intensive due to the sheer quantity of data it processes, analyses, and stores. Thus, we recommend at least 1GB of RAM.

Hyperic HQ Server Requirements

Smaller Deployments (fewer than 25 agents)

Operating System	Linux, Solaris 8 (or higher), HP/UX, Windows XP or 2003 Server (or higher)
Processor	1 x 1GHz x86 or 1 x 450MHz SPARC or 1 x 440MHz PA-8800
Memory	1 GB
Storage	10 GB

Medium to Large Deployments (more than 25 agents)

HQ Performance is greatly enhanced with multiple processors and higher memory. Recommended system specifications for a medium HQ Server:

Operating System	Linux, Solaris 8 (or higher), HP/UX, Windows XP or 2003 Server (or higher)
Processor	2 x 2Ghz x86 (x86_64 recommended) or 2 x 450MHz SPARC or 2 x 440MHz PA-8800
Memory	2 GB (4GB recommended)
Storage	40 GB
Database	PostgreSQL 8 or higher, Oracle 9i or 10g (bundled database not recommended for larger deployments)

Hyperic HQ Agent Requirements

System

500 MHz Celeron or higher, or equivalent

256 MB RAM

500 MB Free Disk Space

Supported Operating Systems: Linux, Windows XP or 2003 Server,
Solaris 8 or higher, Mac OS X, HP-UX, AIX, FreeBSD

Java Runtime Requirements

Hyperic HQ includes everything you need to manage any type of environment. This includes a built-in scalable PostgreSQL database as well as the java runtime required for the operating system you want to run on. Because HQ is entirely self contained, you don't have to worry about anything other than which OS you'd like to run the server and agents on. It is sometimes preferable to use a JRE (or JDK) that may already be installed on the system.

JRE or JDK 1.4 or 1.5 – officially supported
JRE or JDK 1.6 (aka Java 6) – not enough testing yet to qualify as officially supported, but the reports from customers have thus far been positive