Spotfire® System Requirements

Spotfire Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition 1.17 LTS

The service Spotfire® Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition (a/k/a the TERR™ service), version 1.17 system requirements and third-party compatibility information are listed here.

Hardware
Processor
  • Minimum: 4 cores (Intel Core i3 or equivalent), 2 GHz, 64-bit.
  • Recommended: 8 cores or more (Intel Xeon E5 or equivalent), 2 GHz or higher, 64-bit.
Note: The system default is one engine fewer than the number of cores. You can add cores to accommodate additional engines.
Note: Only amd64 (also known as x64, x86_64) architecture is supported.
Ram
  • Minimum: 8 GB.
  • Recommended: 16 GB.
Note: The minimum amount of RAM is suitable for only basic test systems, or systems with very few simultaneous users. Production servers with large analyses or many simultaneous users require significantly more RAM. Contact Spotfire for further assistance with this.
Hard disk space
  • Minimum: 12 GB.
  • Recommended: 25 GB.
Note: For production environments, we strongly advise that you deploy each of the different types of Spotfire services on separate, dedicated computers (physical computers, virtual machines, or containers).

If you still decide to deploy different services on the same computer (for example, for testing purposes), you must manage the resource allocation of the processes so they do not conflict with each other.

Software
Operating System
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
    • 9 (Intel/AMD x64)*
    • 8 (Intel/AMD x64)*
  • SUSE Enterprise Linux
    • 15 (Intel/AMD x64)*
    • 12 (Intel/AMD x64)
  • OpenSUSE*
    • 15.x 64-bit on x86-64
  • Debian*
    • 12 64-bit on x86-64
    • 11 64-bit on x86-64
  • Ubuntu*
    • 22.04 LTS, 64-bit on x86-64
  • Microsoft Windows Server
    • 2022
    • 2019
    • 2016
Spotfire software Spotfire 14.0.
Note:
  • You can install the service on a node manager running on a computer with an operating system (OS) that is different from that of your Spotfire Server.
  • All services belonging to the same Spotfire deployment area must run on node managers with the same OS.
Important: This service supports only one instance per node manager. If you set the instance value to other than 1, then the service does not work as expected.
Spotfire® Enterprise Runtime for R (a/k/a TERR™) engine is included.
  • TERR 6.1.3 is included in TERR service 1.17.4
  • TERR 6.1.2 is included in TERR service 1.17.2 and 1.17.3
  • TERR 6.1.1 is included in TERR service 1.17.1
  • TERR 6.1.0 is included in TERR service 1.17.0
Docker LINUX only; installation required for containerized versions.
  • Tested: 19.03.13
  • Recommended: 19.03.13
Third-party software (TPS) components Included
  • Docker image (LINUX only; optional)
    The service builds a default Docker image version 19.0.13, based on AlmaLinux, which is also available from Docker Hub.
    • Version 1.17.4: Docker image tested with AlmaLinux:8.9.
    • Version 1.17.3: Docker image tested with AlmaLinux:8.9.
    • Version 1.17.2: Docker image tested with AlmaLinux:8.9.
    • Version 1.17.0 and 1.17.1: Docker image tested with AlmaLinux:8.7.
    Important: You cannot modify the image we provide. You can provide another prebuilt image. Check Docker Hub for an image that might work for you.

See the Release Notes for your version for more information about TPS component updates.

Important: * If you plan to run the TERR console on RHEL 8, RHEL 9, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, or SUSE Enterprise Linux 15, then before installing TERR, you must first install the library libtinfo.so.5, which TERR requires to run on those operating systems.
  • For RHEL 8, install the package ncurses-compat-libs.
  • For RHEL 9, install the package ncurses-compat-libs from the EPEL package repository.
  • For OpenSUSE and SUSE Enterprise Linux 15, install the package libncurses5.
  • For Debian and Ubuntu, install the package libtinfo5.