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Datacenter Compression Server (DCS) Installation Guide

Supported Databases

  • Currently only support SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, and SQL Server 2008.
  • Support for Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, and Oracle 11g will be added in the near future.
  • Support for DB2 will be added in the near future.
  • Support for MySQL will be available before May 1, 2009.
  • Support for PostgreSQL will added in the year of 2010.

Supported Operating Systems

  • Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 and higher.
  • Windows XP (32-bit Editions and 64-bit Editions).
  • Windows Vista (32-bit Editions and 64-bit Editions).
  • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit Editions and 64-bit Editions).
  • Windows Server 2008 (32-bit Editions and 64-bit Editions).

Other requirements

  • Fast network connections to all to which database servers you are planing to connect. Datacenter Compression Server (DCS) can be installed on the same computer as your database server (not recommended for heavy load servers) or on another computer with fast network connections to the database servers.
  • Datacenter Compression Server (DCS) should be installed on a computer with fast CPUs and enough memory, as DCS is a memory and CPU intensive application (due to the aggressive compression employed). Actual CPU power and memory required depend on the number of concurrent connections and their workloads.

Installing Datacenter Compression Server (DCS)

  1. Launch the Datacenter Compression Server (DCS) "Windows Installer Package" (DcsSetup.msi for 32-bit Dcs64Setup.msi for 64-bit).
  2. Click on the Next button to continue the installation.
    Step 1 to Datacenter Compression Server. A key component of DB-WAN-Accel (the WAN accelerator/application accelerator for SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySql and PostgreSQL)

  3. Read the License Agreement carefully. If you agree with it, click on the I accept the term in the License Agreement option, then click on the Next button to continue.
    License Agreement of DB-WAN-Accel (the WAN accelerator/application accelerator for SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySql and PostgreSQ.

  4. Click on the Change button to change the Destination Folder to which you want to install DCS or accept the default value. Then click on the Next button to continue.
    Step 3 to install Datacenter Compression Server. A key component of DB-WAN-Accel (the WAN accelerator/application accelerator for SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySql and PostgreSQL).

  5. Please enter the information for the database server to which this Datacenter Compression Server (DCS) connects. If you need to connect to more than one database servers, you can edit DCS.ini directly after installation. Click on the Next button to continue.
    Step 4 (Database Server info) to install Datacenter Compression Server . A key component of DB-WAN-Accel (the WAN accelerator/application accelerator for SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySql and PostgreSQL).

    The installer uses those values to populate Server, Port, and DatabaseType parameters of DatabaseServer1 section of DCS.ini.

    Configure Datacenter Compression Server (DCS)

  6. Please enter the TCP port number for this Datacenter Compression Server (DCS). This installer automatically configures the Windows firewall on this computer to allow access to the specified port. However, if Branch Compression Servers (BCS) connect to this computer through network firewalls, your must configure the firewalls accordingly. Click on the Next button to continue.
    Step 5 (DCS Port No) to install Datacenter Compression Server .

    The installer uses this value to populate DcsPort parameter of Network section of DCS.ini.

    Configure Datacenter Compression Server (DCS)

  7. Please enter the maximum memory for Datacenter Compression Server (DCS) in Mega Bytes(MB).

    For 32 bit DCS, the maximum allowed memory usage is 2048 MB. There is no limitation for 64 bit DCS.

    Click on the Next button to continue.
    Step 6 (DCS Cache configuration) to install Datacenter Compression Server(DCS).

    The installer uses this value to populate Metadata Cache, Row Cache, Result Cache, and Compressed Cache sections of DCS.ini.

    Configure Datacenter Compression Server (DCS)

  8. Click on the Install button to start to install Datacenter Compression Server (DCS). Step 7 (Ready to install) to install Datacenter Compression Server.

  9. Datacenter Compression Server (DCS) has been installed. DCS is running as a Windows Service using the specified parameters during the installtion. Click on the Finish butto to finish the installation.

    Step 7 (Ready to install) to install Datacenter Compression Server.

    You can adjust the configuration of DCS by modifying DCS.ini. See Configure Datacenter Compression Server (DCS) for more details.

    An activation tool is also installed with DCS. See How to activate Datacenter Compression Server (DCS) for more details.


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