Skylar Compliance System Requirements

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Skylar Compliance (formerly Restorepoint) has the following minimum system requirements:

Appliance Resources

The following table lists the minimum and recommended appliance resources that you need to run Skylar Compliance successfully.

Appliance Resource Minimum Recommended Calculation Notes
Memory 8GB 16GB-32GB
for large setups		 1.5GB is required for the application plus 250MB for every 25 concurrent backups, plus a minimum of 6GB for caching and other processes.
CPU 1 CPU 2 CPUs for large files
(over 50MB)
  • One CPU for every 25 concurrent backups. By default, the application is configured to run 50 concurrent backups, assuming most backups are within 1MB.
  • For large files, two CPUs for every 25 concurrent backups is advised since more cycles are spent on encryption and integrity checks.
Network 1 Gbit 10 Gbit  

Storage Disk 1

 40MB for application and operating system    
Storage Disk 2 40MB for database and backups  

Average daily backup size x Retention period x (0.8)

(0.8= change frequency)

Backup Time

Skylar Compliance estimates two (2) minutes as the average back up time of a device. For an appliance running 50 concurrent devices, estimations are that it can backup 36,000 devices in a 24-hour time frame. The number of concurrent jobs can be increased using the examples below.

Daily Backup Backup Profile CPUs Memory Concurency
36,000 Small
(less than 1MB)		 2 8GB 50
72,000 Small
(less than 1MB)		 4 8GB 100
36,000 Large
(less than 50MB)		 4 16GB 50
72,000 Large
(less than 50MB)		 8 32GB 100
36,000 X-Large
(more than 50MB)		 8 32GB 50
72,000 X-Large
(more than 50MB)		 16 32GB 100
 

Agent Resources

The following minimum resources are required to run the agent:

  • CPU calculation: 0.5 CPU for every 25 concurrent backups
  • Disk: The agent must have enough disk space to accommodate 3x the estimation of in-flight backups. Sending backups from the agent to the appliance is asynchronous.

Skylar CompliancePorts

For information regarding the specific firewalls and ports Skylar Compliance requires see Installing Skylar Compliance.

ScienceLogic Recommendations

  • If Skylar One monitoring is used, consider turning Skylar Compliance’s monitoring feature off.

  • Spread backup schedules across a period manually or using the bulk scheduler.