Hello everyone,
Can anyone Explain what does the DI server do, what is it usually used for and when it might be needed! is it required to be installed?
Can spoon be used without it? what advantages might be lost not using it? is there any Spoon-performance differences between using and not using it?
what about scheduling the Jobs, is it still possible without using DI server?
The background of these questions is:
we installed Pentaho (BA server, Spoon, DI server) - Spoon is using DI repository. Recently we are having some issues with the performance (the server has 8GB RAM- Spoon is set to 4GB and BA/DI Server approx. 2.** GB each).
so we are thinking to use the option "Kettle database repository" instead of DI repository and use the default-installed Postgre DB to store the ETL metadata. so I would like to know the cons vs pros.
Moreover, I found this 2 lines speaking about the DI server
https://help.pentaho.com/Documentation/5.4/0D0/050/020
" The DI Server runs centrally stored transformations and jobs. The DI Server also hosts the DI repository and processing engine, provides a service layer for security and authentication, and allows scheduling. Manage the DI Server through its related tool, Spoon. "
and here it is mentioned that increasing spoon memory limit needs increasing the DI Server memory as well --> which is a bit confusing if it is possible to use Spoon without DI server (unless they meat in case using Spoon with DI)
https://help.pentaho.com/Documentati...H0/070/020/010
"Note:You need to increase the DI Server memory limit as well."
Can anyone help
Thank you
Can anyone Explain what does the DI server do, what is it usually used for and when it might be needed! is it required to be installed?
Can spoon be used without it? what advantages might be lost not using it? is there any Spoon-performance differences between using and not using it?
what about scheduling the Jobs, is it still possible without using DI server?
The background of these questions is:
we installed Pentaho (BA server, Spoon, DI server) - Spoon is using DI repository. Recently we are having some issues with the performance (the server has 8GB RAM- Spoon is set to 4GB and BA/DI Server approx. 2.** GB each).
so we are thinking to use the option "Kettle database repository" instead of DI repository and use the default-installed Postgre DB to store the ETL metadata. so I would like to know the cons vs pros.
Moreover, I found this 2 lines speaking about the DI server
https://help.pentaho.com/Documentation/5.4/0D0/050/020
" The DI Server runs centrally stored transformations and jobs. The DI Server also hosts the DI repository and processing engine, provides a service layer for security and authentication, and allows scheduling. Manage the DI Server through its related tool, Spoon. "
and here it is mentioned that increasing spoon memory limit needs increasing the DI Server memory as well --> which is a bit confusing if it is possible to use Spoon without DI server (unless they meat in case using Spoon with DI)
https://help.pentaho.com/Documentati...H0/070/020/010
"Note:You need to increase the DI Server memory limit as well."
Can anyone help
Thank you