Hello all,
I am a beginner of SAP and I want to learn BI at home. I built a virtual machine in my VMware, installed Windows Server 2008 r2, then installed BI Edge trial version. My hardware specs is as follows:
CPU: i7-4700MQ, I assigned 1 CPU and 4 cores to the virtual machine
RAM: 16GB. I assigned 10GB to the virtual machine
Hard Drive: 1TB, 5400RPM. I assigned 250GB to the virtual machine
Before installing BI Edge, all background processes in my Windows Server only took up to 1.5GB RAM after each boot. Now after installing BI Edge, it takes about 7.5GB RAM after each boot even if I do nothing. I checked resource monitor. Looks like SAP-related Java processes are very RAM-consuming, and they automatically load.
Also, If I immediately open BI Launch Pad after booting, it just won't open (the IE tab would say "Waiting for localhost"). I need to wait about 17-20 minutes after each boot, and it seems I have to wait for all the Java processes to load before I can open the BI Launch Pad.
Just want to know if this is normal. Is the slow loading because I installed BI in a virtual machine? Is it because my hardware is not good enough? Is there any other reasons? I didn't install any other software that would slow down my system.
Thanks for all your thoughts in advance.