TransitMaster Server for Large Operations

This section provides TransitMaster server requirements for large operations.

From 300 to 699 vehicles can be supported on a TransitMaster server in a large operation.

Application Server

Two (2) TransitMaster application servers with the following requirements are needed for large operations:

Table 1. Application Server Specifications
Recommended Specification Optimal Specification
Sixteen (16) Processor Cores, Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 (Haswell) Family or newer, 2.1 GHz or greater base frequency Sixteen (16) Processor Cores, Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 (Haswell) Family or newer, 2.1 GHz or greater base frequency
16 GB RAM or greater 32 GB RAM or greater
Three (3) 300 GB 15K SAS hard disk drives, configured in RAID5 array* Four (4) 300 GB 15K SAS hard disk drives, configured in RAID5 array with hot spare*
SAS disk controller (RAID 0/1/5/10 compliant, 1 GB battery backed cache) SAS disk controller (RAID 0/1/5/10 compliant, 1 GB battery backed cache)
Monitor (17” LCD/LED or larger) Monitor (19” LCD/LED or larger)
1 Gbps Ethernet interface 1 Gbps Ethernet interface
Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Note: *Required storage is dependent on actual sizes of database files, logs, and backups. These specifications are intended as a baseline, initial configuration.

Database Server

Two (2) TransitMaster database servers with the following requirements are needed for large operations:

Table 2. Database Server Specifications
Minimum Specification Optimal Specification
Sixteen (16) Processor Cores, Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 (Haswell) Family or newer, 2.1 GHz or greater base frequency Twenty (20) Processor Cores, Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 (Haswell) Family or newer, 2.4 GHz or greater base frequency
32 GB RAM or greater 64 GB RAM or greater
Four (4) 300 GB 15K SAS hard disk drives, configured in RAID5 array* Five (5) 300 GB 15K SAS hard disk drives, configured in RAID5 array with hot spare*
SAS disk controller (RAID 0/1/5/10 compliant, 1 GB battery backed cache) SAS disk controller (RAID 0/1/5/10 compliant, 1 GB battery backed cache)
Monitor (17” LCD/LED or larger) Monitor (19” LCD/LED or larger)
1 Gbps Ethernet interface 1 Gbps Ethernet interface
MSSQL Server 2016, 2017 / Oracle 12c (12cR2) MSSQL Server 2016, 2017 / Oracle 12c (12cR2)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Note: *Required storage is dependent on actual sizes of database files, logs, and backups. These specifications are intended as a baseline, initial configuration.

Reporting Database Server

The following requirements are needed for the TransitMaster reporting database server for large operations:

Table 3. Reporting Database Server Specifications
Minimum Specification Optimal Specification
Sixteen (16) Processor Cores, Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 (Haswell) Family or newer, 2.1 GHz or greater base frequency Twenty (20) Processor Cores, Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 (Haswell) Family or newer, 2.4 GHz or greater base frequency
32 GB RAM or greater 64 GB RAM or greater
Four (4) 300 GB 15K SAS hard disk drives, configured in RAID5 array* Five (5) 300 GB 15K SAS hard disk drives, configured in RAID5 array with hot spare*
SAS disk controller (RAID 0/1/5/10 compliant, 1 GB battery backed cache) SAS disk controller (RAID 0/1/5/10 compliant, 1 GB battery backed cache)
Monitor (17” LCD/LED or larger) Monitor (19” LCD/LED or larger)
1 Gbps Ethernet interface 1 Gbps Ethernet interface
MSSQL Server 2016, 2017 / Oracle 12c (12cR2) MSSQL Server 2016, 2017 / Oracle 12c (12cR2)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Note: *Required storage is dependent on actual sizes of database files, logs, and backups. These specifications are intended as a baseline, initial configuration.