System Requirements

This section lists the minimum system requirements for installing and working with EventLog Analyzer.

• Hardware Requirements
• MySql Performance Improvement Parameters
• Operating System Requirements
• Supported Platforms & Devices
• Supported Web Browsers

Hardware Requirements

The minimum hardware requirements for EventLog Analyzer to start running are listed below.

• 1 GHz, Pentium 4 processor, or equivalent
• 512 MB RAM
• 1 GB Hard disk space for the product

EventLog Analyzer is optimized for 1024x768 resolution and above.

MySql Performance Improvement Parameters

For better performance, you can replace the existing MySQL parameters mentioned in startDB.bat/sh, available under <Eventlog Analyzer Home>\bin directory, with the following MySQL parameter changes corresponding to the EventLog Analyzer servers RAM Size.

Hardware RAM Size	MySQL Parameter Changes
512 MB	Default configuration as given in startDB.bat/sh
1 GB	" --innodb_buffer_pool_size=500M "
2 GB	" --innodb_buffer_pool_size=1200M "
3 GB	" --innodb_buffer_pool_size=1500M "
4 GB	" --innodb_buffer_pool_size=1500M "

Operating System Requirements

EventLog Analyzer can be installed and run on the following operating systems and versions:

1. Windows™ 2000/2003/XP
2. Linux - RedHat 8.0/9.0, Mandrake/Mandriva, SuSE, Fedora, CentOS

Note: If EventLog Analyzer is installed in SuSE Linux, then ensure that in the mysql-ds.xml file, present under <EventLogAnalyzer_Home>/server/default/deploy you replace localhost mentioned in the following line : <connection-url>jdbc:mysql://localhost:33335/eventlog</connection-url> with the corresponding IP Address or DNS resolvable name of the current system where EventLog Analyzer is installed.

Supported Platforms & Devices

EventLog Analyzer can collect and report on event logs from the following operating systems and devices:

1. Windows™ NT/2000/2003/XP
2. Linux - RedHat, Debian
3. UNIX - Solaris, HP-UX
4. Cisco Switches and Routers
5. SNARE for Windows

For analyzing logs from Windows NT machine, WMI core should have been installed in the Windows NT machine. Syslogs received from SNARE agents for Windows will be displayed as Windows hosts.

Supported Web Browsers

EventLog Analyzer has been tested to support the following browsers and versions:

1. Internet Explorer 5.5 and later
2. Netscape 7.0 and later
3. Mozilla 1.5 and later
4. Firefox 1.0 and later