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System Requirements and Supported Platforms 2-3
System Requirements and Supported Platforms
Notes regarding 64-bit vs. 32-bit usage:• The installer for
Windows and Linux provides both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of
Electric Make. (For Solaris, only
32-bit is available.)
• The ElectricAccelerator installer automatically sets the path
to 32-bit. To use 64-bit, you must edit the environmentvariable
path to include the 64-bit bin location before the 32-bit
location.
• 64-bit executables are installed in a new subdirectory of the
install location, /64/bin .
For example:If you install into the Windows C:\ECLoud\i686_win32
directory, the 64-bit executables are in
theC:\ECloud\i686_win32\64\bin directory.For Linux, the directory
is /opt/ecloud/i686_Linux/64/bin .
• Though 32-bit Electric Make can be used with 32- or 64-bit
cluster hosts, Electric Cloud recommends using 64-bitWindows
Vista/Server 2008 R2 cluster hosts with 64-bit eMake only. This is
because on Windows, eMake uses--emake-reg-roots by default, even if
it is not set. Using 32-bit eMake with a 64-bit Windows
Vista/Server2008 R2 Agent/EFS causes registry mirroring issues.
• The agent installer automatically determines whether to
install the 32-bit or 64-bit agent based on the
machinearchitecture. No user action is required.
Known Limitations
Cluster Manager and Agent install locationsElectric Cloud does
not support installation of Cluster Manager or Agents on the
following:
• NFS
• CIFS
• Samba shares
Database locationElectric Cloud does not support storing your
database on Network Appliance systems or NFS.
Issues that you may encounter include the following:
• ElectricAccelerator is unable to start MySQL because MySQL
attempts to lock files that are already locked.
• If MySQL starts, you may encounter issues related to MySQL
UTF-8 support.
Database namesThe database name cannot contain a . (period). If
the name contains a period, the Cluster Manager will not start.
Hardware RequirementsElectric Cloud recommends installing
Cluster Manager, Electric Make, and Electric Agent components on
independentmachines so each component can run efficiently without
competing for system resources.
The following are minimum hardware requirements for each machine
where ElectricAccelerator components areinstalled (Agent, Electric
Make, Cluster Manager):
• Solaris machines require a SPARC or x86-64 processor and 2 GB
RAM is recommended, particularly for the
Cluster Manager machine.• Linux machines require a Pentium 4
processor and 2 GB RAM is recommended, particularly for the
Cluster
Manager machine.
• Windows machines require at least a Pentium 4 processor and 2
GB RAM is recommended, particularly for theCluster Manager
machine.
See “Agent Memory Usage” on page 2-7 for additional Agent
recommendations.
