AX Server requirements

For best AX Server performance, ensure your hardware and software meets the minimum requirements. Satisfactory production environment performance may require greater resources than the minimum specification.

Hardware

Processor, memory, and hard disk requirements for production systems depend on the following factors:

Component Minimum Recommendation

Processor

2.5 gigahertz (GHz)

Quad-core processor (or two Dual-core processors) at 3.5 GHz or higher

Memory (RAM)

8 GB

16 GB or higher

Hard disk

100 GB

This is the approximate amount of disk space required to download, extract, and install the prerequisites. (AX Server is 4.5 GB)

200 - 500 GB

Data storage requirements vary by the number of types of audit tests performed and the volume of transactions. Smaller implementations typically require 50GB per year, while larger implementations may require up to 500GB per year.

For use in production, high-speed disk access and throughput is recommended.

Other

TCP/IP connectivity. The ability to connect to Launchpad is required during online server activation.

 

Software

Caution

You must install the KB2919355 Windows Updates before starting your Analytics Exchange installation on Windows Server 2012 R2. If you do not install this update, your Analytics Exchange installation cannot succeed.

Software requirement Minimum Recommendation
Operating system
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (64 bit)

Note

Apply all critical Windows updates before installing AX Server. Running Windows Server 2012 using the Server Core (no GUI) option is not supported.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (64 bit)

Windows Server 2016
Web browser
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer version 11

Latest version of Chrome
Optional integrated programming languages
  • Python programming language
  • R scripting language

When installing Python, you must also configure it to run on your system. For more information, see Configuring Python for use with AX Server.

Depending on the R CRAN packages you intend to use, you may need to add the R i386 32-bit binary folder to your PATH environment variable.

Note

You must install the requirements to use integrated Python or R functions in your analytics. If you do not intend to use these languages, you do not need to install them.
  • Python 3.5.x (32-bit)
  • R 3.3.1 (32 or 64-bit depending on Operating System)
  • Python 3.5.x (32-bit)
  • R 3.2.3 or 3.2.5 (32 or 64-bit depending on Operating System)

To use the ACL Connector for Oracle, you must install:

  • Oracle Instant Client 11g or 12c
  • You do not need to install Oracle Instant Client if you do not intend to use the ACL Connector for Oracle
  • The bitness of Oracle Instant Client must match your operating system's bitness. If the 32-bit Instant Client is installed on a 64-bit machine, the connection fails
  • If you install the Oracle Instant Client after AX Server, you must restart the Analytics Exchange Service before you can use the connector
  • If you are using Oracle as the database server for AX Server, you must also install Instant Client on the machine that hosts the database server, see Database server
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Automatically installed prerequisites

The following prerequisites are automatically installed by the AX Server setup wizard if the required software is not detected:

ACL data connectors

The ODBC drivers listed below are installed for use as ACL data connectors:

Driver name File name Version
ACL Connector for Amazon Redshift AmazonRedshiftODBC_sb64.dll 1.1.6.1009
ACL Connector for Cassandra CassandraODBC_sb64.dll 2.4.1.1001
ACL Connector for Concur ConcurODBC_sb64.dll 1.1.1.1002
ACL Connector for Couchbase CouchbaseODBC_sb64.dll 1.1.0.1000
ACL Connector for Drill DrillODBC_sb64.dll 1.2.4.1004
ACL Connector for DynamoDB DynamoDBODBC_sb64.dll 1.0.1.1000
ACL Connector for Google BigQuery GoogleBigQueryODBC_sb64.dll 2.0.2.1005
ACL Connector for HBase HBaseODBC_sb64.dll 1.1.0.1000
ACL Connector for Hive HiveODBC_sb64.dll 2.1.5.1006
ACL Connector for Impala ImpalaODBC_sb64.dll 1.2.5.1005
ACL Connector for MongoDB MongoDBODBC_sb64.dll 2.2.1.1001
ACL Connector for Oracle OracleODBC_sb64.dll 1.1.1.1019
ACL Connector for Salesforce SFODBC_sb64.dll 1.2.5.1017
ACL Connector for Spark SparkODBC_sb64.dll 1.1.5.1005
ACL Connector for SQL Server SQLServerODBC_sb64.dll 1.3.6.1022
ACL Connector for Teradata tdataodbc_sb64.dll 1.0.0.1003
 

Note

The 32-bit versions of the drivers have 32 instead of 64 in the file name.

  

Prerequisites included in Windows server

The following prerequisites are included in a default Windows server installation. The versions listed are the minimum requirement and most OS installations include later versions:

Database server

AX Server supports two database platforms, Oracle and PostgreSQL.

If your organization is implementing both AX Server and AX Exception the supported configurations are:

Software requirement

Minimum

Recommendation

One of the following Oracle versions if Oracle is selected as the Analytics Exchange database platform:

  • Oracle 12c
  • Oracle 11gR2

Note

The server Oracle is installed on must meet the hardware requirements specified by the database vendor. You must also install Oracle Instant Client 12.1 if you intend to use AX Connector direct database access.

 Oracle 11gR2 Oracle 12c

PostgreSQL 9.3.9 if PostgreSQL is selected as the Analytics Exchange database platform.

Note

  • If PostgreSQL is installed on the same server as AX Server, meeting the AX Server hardware requirements is sufficient. If PostgreSQL is installed on a separate server a 64-bit dual CPU, 64-bit operating system, and 2 GB of memory are recommended for production use.
  • The PostgreSQL version included with the AX Server setup wizard is 9.3.9, however PostgreSQL is tested and supported up to version 9.3.13.
 PostgreSQL 9.3.9 PostgreSQL 9.3.9