Hard Drive Space
The following sections list the hard drive space system requirements:
FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications and Flexera Analytics
These are the minimum requirements for hard-drive space.
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FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin server—1 GB |
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FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Reporting server—1 GB |
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Data directory—The required space depends upon the volume of report data. |
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If you know the approximate volume of your organization’s report data, Flexera recommends the following calculation to help you determine the required hard drive space: |
(1 × total size of all report log files) + (2 x size of report output)
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If you do not know the approximate volume of your organization’s report data, 100 GB is the recommended minimum size. |
Database Servers
These are the minimum requirements for hard-drive space.
Note:Refer to system requirements from your database vendor and the database-specific appendices in the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications 2023 R2 Installation Guide for memory and space recommendations for the machines that hosts the databases.
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FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin database—20 GB |
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FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Reporting database—The required space depends upon the volume of report data and whether your organization uses Flexera Analytics. |
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Classic reporting—If you are using only Classic reporting: |
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If you know the approximate volume of your organization’s report data, Flexera recommends the following calculation to help you determine the required hard drive space: |
4 × total size of all report log files
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If you do not know the approximate volume of your organization’s report data, 500 GB is the recommended minimum size. |
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Flexera Analytics—If you are using Flexera Analytics: |
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If you know the approximate volume of your organization’s report data, Flexera recommends the following calculation to help you determine the required hard drive space: |
8 × total size of all report log files
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If you do not know the approximate volume of your organization’s report data, 1 TB is the recommended minimum size. |
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Regardless of the report-data volume, the minimum hard-drive requirement for the Cognos content store is 150 MB. |
Tip:Aggregated data for serving Flexera Analytics reports require additional database hard-drive space. The required hard-drive space depends upon the number of organizational structures and your enterprise’s use of Investment Planner functionality. You can manage this space requirement according to your business needs and can reduce it by defining a Usage Data Retention policy using the Usage Data Maintenance screen (available under the Reporting tab in the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications user interface).