Hardware
On-premise
| Server type | Architecture |
CPU |
RAM |
DISK |
OS |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical/virtual | 64-bit |
Minimum 2 processors:
Recommended 4 processors:
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32GB min |
512GB (SSD recommended) |
Windows or Linux |
CAST highly recommends the use of PostgreSQL on a Linux instance as this consistently gives the best performance. |
Cloud services
Amazon Web Services EC2
The following requirements are based on CAST's own testing for the analysis of a single "large Application", using Amazon EC2 R5 Instances:
| Minimum instance type | Volume Size | Volume Type | Minimum IOPS |
|---|---|---|---|
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512GB | General purpose SSD (gp2) or Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) | 400 |
Amazon Web Services RDS
CAST supports PostgreSQL instances deployed via Amazon Web Services RDS. See also Accessing PostgreSQL on Amazon Web Services RDS.
Supported Operating Systems
PostgreSQL
| Operating System | Supported | Supported by ref. | Deprecated support | Notes |
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Recommended - all Linux distributions based on (or derived from) Red Hat. |
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See the following PostgreSQL documentation for more information:
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Supported PostgreSQL releases
CAST does not provide a custom installer for Linux Operating Systems, however, you can install the following official PostgreSQL RDBMS on to a 64bit Linux Operating System (supported by PostgreSQL) and use it as a storage host for CAST AIP:
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Support is available for PostgreSQL 10.x and 11.x (64bit) as storage, i.e. AIP schemas can be created on these versions and analyses will run as expected. Some prerequisites do apply:
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PostgreSQL running in encrypted SSL mode
Support is available for connecting to PostgreSQL instances running in encrypted SSL mode. See SSL encrypted mode configuration for PostgreSQL:
| CAST AIP Core (any application provided with the CAST AIP "core" setup) | |
≥ 8.3.24 |
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| CAST Architecture Checker (standalone) | |
≥ 1.2.0-funcrel |
| CAST Dashboards | |
≥ 2.0.0-beta1 |
| CAST Imaging (for Source Code configuration) | |
≥ 2.0.0-funcrel (when using Microsoft Windows traditional installer) |
| CAST Console (AIP Node) | |
≥ 1.17.0-funcrel |
| Sherlock (CAST Support tool) | |
Sherlock delivered in AIP Core ≥ 8.3.25. |
All official CAST AIP Extensions are compatible, however some extension require specific minimum releases:
| JEE Analyzer extension | com.castsoftware.jee | ≥ 1.0.28 | The required minimum releases of these extensions are those that are delivered as "shipped extensions" in AIP 8.3.24. |
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| .NET Analyzer extension | com.castsoftware.dotnet | ≥ 1.0.17 | |
| SAP BusinessObjects Analyzer extension | com.castsoftware.businessobject | ≥ 1.0.6 (LTS) | |
| C and Cpp Analyzer extension | com.castsoftware.cpp | ≥ 2.1.0-funcrel | - |
| iOS - Objective-C Analyzer extension | com.castsoftware.cfamily | ≥ 1.5.4-funcrel | - |
User or Lab extensions should be compatible provided the Python SDK is used to build them and built-in connections APIs are used, rather than any specific connection layers.
Required ports
The following TCP ports must be opened on the server hosting PostgreSQL:
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CSS / PostgreSQL release |
Listening Port |
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| CSS 4.13.x | 2284 |
| CSS 3.0.x | 2282 |
| CSS 2.0.x | 2280 |
| PostgreSQL ≥ 10.x | Custom port (2282/2284 highly recommended) |
| PostgreSQL 9.6.11 | Custom port (2282 highly recommended) |
| PostgreSQL 9.2.x | Custom port (2280 highly recommended) |
