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BellaDati IoT Data Collector is a Java based application with micro-services architecture. It is available as a cloud-based service or can be deployed on your hardware in your organization. End users can access Collector HTTP interfaces using a web browser from any client computer.

This page describes the supported platforms and system requirements for version 0.6+.

Client

You can access Collector HTTP interfaces from a variety of platforms without having to install any specific software. Only a web browser is necessary.

Requirements：

Supported browser (see table on the right).
JavaScript and cookies need to be enabled in the browser.
Broadband internet access (intranet access for intranet installation).

For an optimal user experience, we recommend using at least Internet Explorer 9 or any other supported browser.

Browser	Supported Versions
Google Chrome	any
Mozilla Firefox	3+
Microsoft Edge	any
Internet Explorer	8+
Safari	5+
Opera	15+

Server

This section lists the requirements for an on-premise installation of Collector. If you are using BellaDati Cloud, these requirements do not apply to you.

Modules

Collector instance consists of 3 types of modules:

Audit:

contains auditing services and provides status of receivers and sensors
recognizes and cooperates with all receivers and senders that are deployed on the same local machine or on remote machines
only one module may run in one Collector instance

Receiver:

receives data from homogeneous sensors (sensors that send data in the same structure via the same communication standard)
multiple modules (on different ports) can run on one machine
should run on the same machine as linked Sender

Sender:

sends data periodically from one linked Receiver (see above) to BellaDati through REST API / BellaDati SDK
multiple modules (on different ports) can run on one machine
should run on the same machine as linked Receiver

Hardware

In an on-premise environment, a Collector installation consists of multiple distributed modules. These can run on the same computer or on different machines. For evaluation purposes, it is usually sufficient to run all modules on the same computer, e.g. a developer workstation.

Collector hardware requirements mainly depend on the amount of data being processed and the number of concurrent requests during peak minutes. To ensure optimal performance under any circumstances, we group our hardware requirements in 3 tiers depending on usage characteristics. Please note that even so, these configurations can only be guidelines and actual requirements and performance can heavily depend on your usage pattern.

We would appreciate if you could let us know what hardware configuration works in your environment. Please create a ticket in our support system, describing your hardware configuration as well as the number of sensors and data records in your Collector installation.

Minimal Configuration

This configuration is recommended for a less than 100 sensors where each sensor is sending up to 60 requests every minute. We strongly suggest using this kind of configuration for basic demo purposes only. Please verify that target machine meets following minimal configuration, because Collector needs sufficient resources (free RAM, CPU, free disk space) to run correctly.

Deployment mode	One machine for all modules
Count of Audit modules	1
Count of Receiver/Sender modules	1

Machine

CPU	2x 2 GHz 64-bit Intel Xeon or comparable
RAM	4 GB
Disk	20 GB, 10,000 rpm
Network	10 Mbps

Medium-load Configuration

This configuration is recommended for a 100-1000 sensors where each sensor is sending up to 60 requests every minute. We recommend running the modules on different machines for this configuration.

Deployment mode	Distributed
Count of Audit modules	1
Count of Receiver/Sender modules	1

Machine for one Audit module

CPU	1x 2 GHz 64-bit Intel Xeon or comparable
RAM	2 GB
Disk	20 GB, 10,000 rpm, IDE / SCSI
Network	100 Mbps

Machine for one Receiver

CPU	4x 2 GHz 64-bit Intel Xeon or comparable
RAM	18 GB
Disk	200 GB, 10,000 rpm, IDE / SCSI
Network	100 Mbps

High-load Configuration

This configuration is recommended for a 500+ users analyzing hundreds millions of records. We strongly recommend running the application server and database on different machines for this configuration.

2 x Application Server

CPU	8x 2.4 GHz 64-bit Intel Xeon or comparable
RAM	12 GB
Disk	100 GB, 10,000 rpm, IDE / SCSI
Network	1 Gbps

2 x Database Server

CPU	8x 2.4 GHz 64-bit Intel Xeon or comparable
RAM	32 GB
Disk	500 GB SSD
Network	1 Gbps

Operating System

BellaDati can run on any operating system for which a supported Java application server is available. Such operating systems include:

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Linux distributions(SuSE Linux, RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu)
Solaris
Mac OS X

If you are evaluating BellaDati on Windows or Mac OS X, you can use the Windows and Mac installers. This way, you don't need to manually install Java, an application server, or a database. You can skip the rest of this document when using the Windows or Mac installer.

Java Application Server

BellaDati is distributed in a WAR archive that runs on a Java application server. The following application servers have been verified to work with BellaDati:

Server	Supported Versions
GlassFish	4.1 or higher (4.1.1 Web Profile is recommended)
Jetty	7 or higher (version 9+ is recommended)
Apache Tomcat	7 or higher (version 9+ is recommended)

BellaDati is a pure Java application and should run on any platform and application server that supports Java 8.

BellaDati officially supports Oracle Java distributions.

Database

BellaDati creates its own data warehouse structure. The following database servers have been verified to work with BellaDati:

Database	Supported Versions
PostgreSQL	8.4 or higher (9.4 is recommended)

Please note that MySQL and Oracle databases are supported by BellaDati just on demand.