Hosting UniData on Azure

Just checking to find out if there are any known issues with installing UniData 8.2.2 on Azure. Just basic database functions required.

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James Brenza
President
Mate PCS
Ellicott City MD US
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James,

I would not expect any issues in an Azure environment - UniData will have been certified on an O/S and it is up to the VM (Azure in this case) to fully provide the certified O/S.

For our formal statement on Virtualisation - whatever the method - please see  https://rbc.rocketsoftware.com/VM.html


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John Jenkins
Principal Technical Support Engineer
Rocket Software Limited
U.K.
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James,

I would not expect any issues in an Azure environment - UniData will have been certified on an O/S and it is up to the VM (Azure in this case) to fully provide the certified O/S.

For our formal statement on Virtualisation - whatever the method - please see  https://rbc.rocketsoftware.com/VM.html


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John Jenkins
Principal Technical Support Engineer
Rocket Software Limited
U.K.
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hi all

I am also looking to host unidata on Azure, any recommendations on which Azure VM as a minimum, I see from installaton I need 32 G Ram minimum, but not sure on processor recommendation. it small (under 20) users. 

thanks

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Graham Forbes
System manager
BT (FORMERLY SYNTEGRA)
Auchterarder GB
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hi all

I am also looking to host unidata on Azure, any recommendations on which Azure VM as a minimum, I see from installaton I need 32 G Ram minimum, but not sure on processor recommendation. it small (under 20) users. 

thanks

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Graham Forbes
System manager
BT (FORMERLY SYNTEGRA)
Auchterarder GB
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Graham,

32GB of memory for a 20 user system seems high, but if you ( or the application provider )  already calculated the requirements, then it would be hard for me to 2nd guess.

That being said, there are several items to consider when determining system requirements for a solution built on UniData.   

There is a good section in the UniData Installation Guide, 

If you are re-hosting, the size and performance of the existing system is a good starting point.

Either way, I would recommend you do some benchmarking, and adjust accordingly. 

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Mike Rajkowski
MultiValue Product Evangelist
Rocket Internal - All Brands
US
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hi all

I am also looking to host unidata on Azure, any recommendations on which Azure VM as a minimum, I see from installaton I need 32 G Ram minimum, but not sure on processor recommendation. it small (under 20) users. 

thanks

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Graham Forbes
System manager
BT (FORMERLY SYNTEGRA)
Auchterarder GB
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I've been running Universe on Azure with no issues - it's worked out pretty well!

VM - Windows 11 pro desktop

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Karl Pozmann
Akron, OH
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I've been running Universe on Azure with no issues - it's worked out pretty well!

VM - Windows 11 pro desktop

Standard D4s v3 (4 vcpus, 16 GiB memory)

I also created a 1TB disk which I've discovered is a little more expensive than I thought so I'll be scaling back to 512GB when I get a chance.

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Karl Pozmann
Akron, OH
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thanks, interesting you have it on windows 11, I was thinking i would go with Server 2022, but might start with Windows as sure its cheaper. 

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Graham Forbes
System manager
BT (FORMERLY SYNTEGRA)
Auchterarder GB
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