System Requirements

The Perfion solution consists of a central database, one or more Windows clients directly connected to the database and a browser based Perfion Web client connected to the database via the Perfion Client API.

The Perfion solution also contains an API Service essential for connecting Perfion with external systems, as well as an Application Server component for handling backend activities.

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Perfion is based on Microsoft® standards. The Windows client is developed using the .Net framework, the database backend is a MS SQL Server database and the APIs run on MS IIS. The installation scenario can follow different ways depending on the customer’s preferences.

Perfion Database

A single (dedicated) server or virtual machine with MS SQL is required to run the Perfion database. Perfion fully supports installation of 32-bit or 64-bit Windows® Server in a Virtual Server environment (VMWare®, Citrix®, Hyper-V™, Azure™) or on dedicated hardware in a traditional server deployment.

The below information shows the minimum system requirements for the Perfion database server.

Configuring the database server with enough RAM can significantly increase the performance of the database server in high load scenarios. Depending on the setup, all images and files may be stored in the database. The amount and size of images and files that need to be stored is usually the most important factor to consider for dimensioning storage space.

From the 2024-R1 release, Perfion will begin using the Snapshot Isolation database transaction isolation level. This is a more optimistic isolation level, that results in fewer database locks and will thus enable better and more consistent performance when there are few updates and many reads. Snapshot Isolation will make a copy of the data targeted for updates, into the TempDb database. From 2024-R1 you may see increased data sizes and throughput to the TempDb and its files.

Microsoft Azure

When opting to place the database in Microsoft Azure, there are various deployment principles to choose from (vCore-based, DTU-based).

It is not recommended to go below “standard” operational tiers, and the necessary amount of DTU’s will vary, depending on your configuration complexity and the amount of data in your system. For new customers, we recommend starting in the range of 250 DTU, but be prepared to scale up/down during the implementation, until you have determined the best balance between performance and cost.

Perfion Windows Client

The below information shows the minimum system requirements for the Perfion Windows client:

Perfion Web Client

The below information shows the minimum system requirements for the Perfion Web client:

Perfion Backend Services

The below information shows the minimum system requirements for the Perfion server-side services (Application Server, API, Web Client):

Backup

The customer is responsible for all backup procedures for on-premise solutions. Since Perfion is completely based on a Microsoft technology stack we suggest reviewing Microsoft's recommendations on the matter.

See also: BACKUP (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server