Capacity and Requirements

SiSense Prism easily scales up to billions of records.

When running the Prism Server on a PC with the recommended configurations, typical query response times of just a few seconds can be expected. Of course, extreme scenarios may require additional resources.

The system requirements specified here are for the machine functioning as a server.

Prism users access reports and interactive dashboards using a Web browser or Windows client, and do not require any particular PC configuration.

Note: When mentioned below, 32-bit Windows can be Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7. 64-bit Windows can be Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008.

To analyze a few million records

A few users

• Minimum: Standard desktop PC with 32-bit Windows, 4 GB of RAM
• Recommended: Standard desktop PC with 64-bit Windows, 4 GB of RAM

Tens of users

• Minimum: Standard desktop PC with 64-bit Windows, multi-core CPU, 4 GB of RAM
• Recommended: Standard desktop PC with 64-bit Windows, multi-core CPU, 8 GB of RAM

To analyze hundreds of millions of records

A few users

• Minimum: Standard desktop PC with 64-bit Windows, 6 GB of RAM
• Recommended: Standard desktop PC with 64-bit Windows, 12 GB of RAM

Tens of users

• Minimum: Standard desktop PC with 64-bit Windows, multi-core CPU, 8 GB of RAM
• Recommended: Standard desktop PC with 64-bit Windows, multi-core CPU, 16 GB of RAM

To analyze billions of records

A few users

• Minimum: Standard server PC with 64-bit Windows, 32 GB of RAM
• Recommended: Standard server PC with 64-bit Windows, at least 64 GB of RAM

Tens of users

• Minimum: Standard server PC with 64-bit Windows, multi-core CPU, 64 GB of RAM
• Recommended: Standard server PC with 64-bit Windows, multi-core CPU, at least 128 GB of RAM

Supported Data Sources

Database connectivity

• SQL Server 2000+
• Oracle 9i+
• MySQL 5.0+
• MS Analysis Services 2000+
• Any ODBC-compliant database
• Any OleDB-compliant database

Data files

• Microsoft Excel 2003+
• Microsoft Access 2003+
• CSV/Text files

Live cloud data source connectivity

• Google spreadsheets
• Google AdWords
• Google Analytics
• Amazon S3 logs