Sizing guidance for Hitachi Content Search

Content Intelligence Installation Guide

Version: 2.2.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-HCI002-17

Overview
About Hitachi Content Search
System scaling
Single-instance systems vs. multi-instance systems
About master and worker instances
Services
Jobs
Volumes
Updating HCI
System requirements and sizing
Sizing guidance for Hitachi Content Search
Simple sizing
Detailed sizing
Sizing guidance for HCM
Minimum hardware requirements
Determining number of instances
Number of instances: simple procedure
Number of instances: detailed procedure
Operating system and Docker qualified versions
Docker considerations
SELinux considerations
Networking
Instance IP address requirements
Network types
Allowing access to external resources
Ports
System-external ports
System-internal ports
System ports for Monitor-App
Time source
Supported browsers
File ownership considerations
Supported VMware functionality
Installing HCI
Items you need
Considerations for Solr backup and restore
HCI installation process
Decide how many instances to deploy
Configure your networking environment
(Optional) Select master instances
Install Docker on each server or virtual machine
Configure Docker on each server or virtual machine
(Optional) Install Docker volume drivers
(Optional) Enable or disable SELinux on each server or virtual machine
Configure maximum map count setting
Run Docker on each server or virtual machine
Unpack the installation package
Configure the firewall rules on each server or virtual machine
(Optional) Reconfigure network.config on each server or virtual machine
(Optional) Reconfigure volume.config on each server or virtual machine
Run the setup script on each server or virtual machine
Start the application on each server or virtual machine
(Optional) Configure NTP
Access deployment wizard
(optional) Configure service networking
(optional) Configure volumes for services and jobs
Considerations for option/value pairs
Deploy the system
Verify the created volumes
Distribute services among system instances
Moving and scaling floating services
Moving and scaling services with multiple types
Best Practices
Considerations
Relocating services
Configure the system for your users
Logs and diagnostic information
Service list
Service units
Handling network changes
After a network change
About hardware and performance testing
Example HCI firewall setup
Removing an HCI system

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