Introduction

In this how-to, we will present you how to size your servers according to the number of users in your organization that will use OpenOTP.

With an external directory (AD, Novell, etc.)

Recommendations for 500 Users

1 dedicated server or Virtual machine with Linux (2 for High Availability).

Server configuration:

  • 1.5 GHz processor (4 cores).
  • 4 GB RAM memory.
  • 30 GB disk space for installation files, log files and DB.
  • Optionally 2 HSMs for hardware crypto.

Recommendations for 5,000 Users

2 dedicated server or Virtual machines with Linux (4 for failover site).

Server configuration:

  • 2 GHz processor (6-8 cores).
  • 8 GB RAM memory.
  • 60 GB disk space for installation files, log files and DB.
  • Optionally 2 HSMs for hardware crypto.

Recommendations for 100,000 Users

2 dedicated server or Virtual machines with Linux (4 for failover site).

Server configuration:

  • 2 GHz processor (16 cores).
  • 32 GB RAM memory.
  • 250 GB disk space for installation files, log files and DB.
  • Optionally 2 HSMs for hardware crypto.

With RCDevs directory (slapd) running on WebADM Servers

Recommendations for 500 Users

1 dedicated server or Virtual machine with Linux (2 for High Availability).

Server configuration:

  • 3 GHz processor (4 cores).
  • 8 GB RAM memory.
  • 40 GB disk space for installation files, log files and DB.
  • Optionally 1 HSM for hardware crypto.

Recommendations for 5,000 Users

2 dedicated server or Virtual machines with Linux (4 for failover site).

Server configuration:

  • 3 GHz processor (6-8 cores).
  • 16 GB RAM memory.
  • 100 GB disk space for installation files, log files and DB.
  • Optionally 2 HSMs for hardware crypto.

Recommendations for 100,000 Users

2 dedicated server or Virtual machines with Linux (4 for failover site).

Server configuration:

  • 3 GHz processor (16 cores).
  • 64 GB RAM memory.
  • 500 GB disk space for installation files, log files and DB.
  • Optionally 2 HSMs for hardware crypto.