Vocera Analytics Server Sizing Matrix

The size of your Vocera Analytics server depends on the number of users and the number of beds at your site. The requirements vary for small, medium, and large servers.

Hardware Requirements for Small, Medium, and Large Deployments

The following table contains the hardware requirement for small, medium and large servers. For information on the size of deployment, refer to Customer Deployment Sizing for Vocera Analytics.

Requirement	Small	Medium	Large
Memory	32 GB	64 GB	128 GB
CPU	Octa Core (with CPU speed 2.5gHZ or above)	Octa Core (with CPU speed 2.5gHZ or above)	12 Core (with CPU speed 2.5gHZ or above)
Disk Space	500 GB HDD (per year) with SSD Cache	1 TB HDD (per year) with SSD Cache	2 TB HDD (per year) with SSD Cache
Operating System	Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016	Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016	Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016
Browser Support	Microsoft Edge 108.0.1462.54, Firefox 91.9.0 or later, Safari 11.1.2 or later, Google Chrome version 100.0.4896.127 or later (JavaScript must be enabled).
Database Provided	MariaDB (MySQL)	MariaDB (MySQL)	MariaDB (MySQL)
IOPS	20000 (12000 read and 8000 write)

Hardware Requirements for Extra Small Server Deployments

The following table lists the hardware requirements for extra small server deployments:

Requirement	Extra Small (Voice only)	Extra Small (Voice + VMP)	Extra Small (Voice + VMP + Engage)
Memory	12 GB	16 GB	24 GB
CPU	Xeon (4 Core with CPU speed 2.5gHZ or above)	Xeon (4 Core with CPU speed 2.5gHZ or above)	Xeon (4 Core with CPU speed 2.5gHZ or above)
Disk Space	300 GB HDD (per year) with SSD Cache	300 GB HDD (per year) with SSD Cache	300 GB HDD (per year) with SSD Cache
Operating System	Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016	Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016	Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016
Database Provided	MariaDB (MySQL)	MariaDB (MySQL)	MariaDB (MySQL)
IOPS	20000 (12000 read and 8000 write)

Hardware Requirements for Microsoft Azure Platform

The following table lists the hardware requirements for Vocera Analytics Server on Microsoft Azure Platform:

Requirement	Small	Medium	Large
Memory	64	64	128 GB
vCPU	8	8	16 Core (with CPU speed 2.5gHZ or above)
Disk Space	500 GB HDD (per year) with SSD Cache	1 TB HDD (per year) with SSD Cache	2 TB HDD (per year) with SSD Cache
Operating System	Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016	Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016	Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016
Database Provided	MariaDB (MySQL)	MariaDB (MySQL)	MariaDB (MySQL)
VM Size	Standard_E8as_v4	Standard_E8as_v4	Standard_E16as_v4
Virtual Memory (Pagefile.sys)	128 GB	128 GB	256 GB
IOPS	> 20000	> 20000	> 20000 (not less than 20000)

RAM Requirements for Vocera Analytics Components

The following table lists the RAM requirements for Vocera Analytics Database, Spark and Visualization:

Component	Percentage	12 GB System	16 GB System	24 GB System	32 GB System	64 GB System	128 GB System
Database	40%	4.8 GB	6.4 GB	9.6 GB	12.8 GB	25.6 GB	51.2 GB
Spark	25%	3 GB	4 GB	6 GB	8 GB	16 GB	32 GB
Visualization	15%	1.8 GB	2.4 GB	3.6 GB	4.8 GB	9.6 GB	19.2 GB

RAM Requirements for Vocera Voice Server

The following table lists the Vocera Voice Server hardware (RAM) requirements for small, medium, and large Vocera Analytics servers.

Requirement	Extra Small	Small	Medium	Large
RAM Additions for Voice Server	1 GB	2 GB	2 GB	4 GB

Note: For Voice Servers in cluster mode, ensure additional RAMs are added on all nodes.

Note: Vocera Analytics does not support memory oversubscription.

Note: Each Vocera Analytics server configuration supports 1 Active Directory at a time.

Note: Each Vocera Analytics server configuration supports 1 Vocera Voice Server.

Note: To run properly, the Vocera Analytics Agent running on a Vocera Voice Server (VS) will require 2 GB of RAM when interacting with a small or medium Vocera Analytics Server database and 4 GB of RAM when interacting with a large Vocera Analytics Server database. If the VS does not have sufficient memory to meet the mandated minimum memory for the VS plus the needs of the Vocera Analytics Agent, memory will need to be added to the VS. For example, a VS running version 5.2.3 requires a minimum of 8 GB of RAM. If the Vocera Analytics Agent will be interacting with a large Vocera Analytics Server database requiring 4 GB of RAM, the server running the VS and the Vocera Analytics Agent must have a minimum of 8 + 4 or 12 GB of RAM installed. If it does not, sufficient RAM to meet or exceed the 12 GB requirement should be added. If the VS is running in a virtual environment, Memory Over Subscription is not supported and the Host Server should have sufficient physical RAM to support the memory allocated to the Guest Servers plus the Hypervisor.

Disk Space Requirements for Vocera Voice Server

As Vocera Analytics recommends you to retain Voice Server log files for 7 days, ensure that you increase the disk space accordingly. For example, within a day, if 5 GB Voice Server logs are generated, then you must have at least an additional 35 GB disk space.

Note: Ensure that you add the additional disk space on all nodes of the Voice Server.

For more information on log retention policy for Voice Server, refer to Log Retention Policy for Voice Server.