LA 1.1 System Requirements

The following are the system requirements for Log Analyzer (LA) 1.1. This version of LA uses Orion Platform version 2018.2. For more information on Orion Platform system requirements, see Orion Platform requirements.

In addition to the below requirements, most LA monitoring requires the monitored server be polled by an Orion Agent for Windows.

Type	Requirements
Operating System	Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Microsoft^® Windows^® 10 Microsoft Windows 8.1 End-of-support notice: Orion Platform 2018.4 products are no longer compatible with Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2. To use the new features introduced in Orion Platform 2018.4, upgrade your environment at your earliest convenience. For evaluation purposes only: Microsoft Windows 10. 64 bit Microsoft Windows 8.1 64 bit (except Win 8.1 Standard edition) MS Azure
Operating System language	English (UK or US)
LA database	Physical server or virtual machine Quad core processor or better 16 GB RAM 100 GB - 1 TB of storage capacity on local NTFS disk 1 x 1 Gb dedicated NIC Windows Server 2016 or 2019, Standard or Datacenter Edition Disk requirements: 100 GB/day (1000 EPS) Microsoft SQL Server 2016 SP1 or later Supported collations: English with collation setting SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS English with collation setting SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS
Authentication	Either mixed-mode or Windows authentication. If you require SQL authentication, you must enable mixed mode on your SQL server.
LA/Orion server:
CPU	Quad core processor or better Required: 4 cores Recommended: 8 cores Do not enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
Hard drive space	15 GB minimum 40 GB recommended Two 146 GB 15K (RAID 1/Mirrored Settings) hard drives are recommended with a dedicated drive for the server operating system and SolarWinds installation. During upgrades, the installer needs 2 GB of free space. Some common files may need to be installed on the same drive as your server operating system. You may want to move or expand the Windows temporary directories.
Memory	8 GB minimum 16 GB recommended

LA agent requirements

Agent software is free. Licensing occurs through your product and is usually based on the number of monitored elements.

Windows agents run as a service.
Linux OS is not supported.

Before you deploy agents to a target computer, review the following system requirements.

Type	Windows
Operating System	Only 64-bit operating systems are supported. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 Windows 7 Windows 7 SP1 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Only Pro, Enterprise, and Ultimate workstation operating systems editions are supported.
Hard drive space	Approximately 100 MB of hard drive space on the target computer.
Other software	The following software packages are installed by the agent installer if necessary: Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package for 32-bit or 64-bit .NET Framework 4.0 (You must install this manually if you are installing an agent on Windows Server 2008 R2 or earlier or Windows Core .NET Framework 4.5 (Required for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and later)
Security	The VeriSign Root Certificate Authority (CA) must be current. This is required because the agent software is signed using a VeriSign certificate. After the agent is installed, it runs as a Local System account and does not require administrative permissions to function.
Latency	Agents can tolerate up to 500 ms of latency between the remote computer and the Orion server.