Prerequisites

How to:

Magnify requires an application server (for example, Tomcat or WebSphere) in order to read and write to index libraries. It can be installed on a Windows (64-bit preferred) or UNIX\Linux-based server, using the same language as the WebFOCUS Client.

Processing should be at least a dual-core machine, however, four CPUs are generally recommended. Moreover, a minimum of 8GB in memory is required, while 16GB is usually recommended. Depending on the size of the data, storage space should be anywhere between 250GB to 1TB or higher (it is usually estimated as three times the size of the expected data set).

Note: This all varies depending on the type of search-based application being proposed. Indexing frequency, volume of data, and concurrent usage affect how storage space and memory are allocated. Therefore, the use of a split-tier environment is recommended for a Magnify platform where the Reporting Server, Magnify, and each data source are each provided with their own dedicated resources. Magnify does scale in order to accommodate any environment.

The following are the prerequisites to configuring and using Magnify:


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Procedure: How to Set the Endorsed Directory Variable for Tomcat Servers

Different versions of Tomcat use different directories to support the endorsed features. When running a Tomcat Application Server with JRE 1.6, in addition to adding the jaxb-api.jar file to the endorsed directory, you must also set the system property variable, java.endorsed.dirs, to include the path to the endorsed directory.

Note: If Tomcat was installed by your WebFOCUS Client installation, the jaxb-api.jar file is placed in the following location:

C:\ibi\WebFOCUS81\webapps\webfocus\licenses\jaxb-api.jar_license.txt

  1. Copy the jaxb-api.jar file into the following Tomcat directory:

    For Tomcat 7:

    C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\endorsed

  2. Edit the system property variable to include the location of the endorsed directory on your machine.

    The following is an example of the system property variable for Tomcat 7 on Windows:

    java.endorsed.dirs=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\
    Tomcat 7.0\endorsed
  3. Restart the Tomcat Server.

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