Requirements and Prerequisites

Important: System specifications and disk space requirements depend on anticipated data volumes and growth. Datamine recommends a scoping study to determine exact requirements. Testing or training environments must not be set up on the same server as the production environment, to reduce the load on the production server and isolate it from potential issues in other environments. For high-availability solutions additional hardware is required. This should be discussed with your Datamine representatives during the implementation study/budgeting phase.

The DataBlast Pro Application Server and Database Server can be hosted on a single machine. If using this configuration, add the system requirements; for example, the recommended minimum CPU is 8 cores and memory is 32 GB RAM.

DataBlast Pro Application Server

CPU	4 cores
Operating System	Windows Server 2012 R2 / 2016 / 2019
Memory	16 GB RAM
Storage	20 GB
Network	1 Gbit LAN link or better to Database Server Latency <1ms to Database Server and <2ms to Application Clients
.NET	.NET Framework 4.8
Other	SQL Server Management Studio Net.TCP Port Sharing Microsoft WCF Services

DataBlast Pro Database Server

CPU	4 cores
Operating System	Windows Server 2012 R2 / 2016 / 2019
Memory	16 GB RAM
Storage	Dependent on scoping study
RDBMS	Microsoft SQL Server 2012 / 2014 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019
Network	1 Gbit LAN link or better to Application Server
Other	SQL Server Management Studio

DataBlast Pro Clients

CPU	Intel i7 or similar running at 1 GHz or above
Operating System	(64-bit) Windows 10 or Windows 11 or Windows Server 2012 R2 / 2016 / 2019
Memory	16 GB RAM
Storage	500 MB
Network	100 Mbit network link or better to Application Server
.NET	.NET Framework 4.8
Display	Fast OpenGL-compatible graphics card and 1920 x 1080 resolution (minimum)
Other	Net.TCP Port Sharing

BlastPad Clients

The recommended tablet is the Panasonic FZ-G1.

CPU	Intel i5 or similar running at 1 GHz or above
Operating System	(64-bit) Windows 10 or Windows 11
Memory	4 GB RAM
Storage	Dependent on scoping study
Network	Wireless network for DataBlast Pro Live functionality (optional)
.NET	.NET Framework 4.8
Display	Fast OpenGL-compatible graphics card and 1920 x 1080 resolution (minimum) with scaling set to 100%
Other	Net.TCP Port Sharing GPS module that can provide NMEA outputs to a built-in serial port (if using GPS)

Ports

The DataBlast Communications Port, which is TCP port 14900 by default, must be open on the firewall on the server and any machines requiring access.

The DataBlast Clients communicate to the server by default via TCP port 14901. This port is reserved when the DataBlast Service is installed.

Note: Prior to 2.3.x, the default ports were 9000 for DataBlast Client, and 9001–9002 for the BlastPad/DataBlast Server. If upgrading from an earlier installation, you do not need to change these ports.

External Systems Access

For drilling data to be imported from external databases or files, the site must configure appropriate security permissions and login details for those databases or files. The permissions must enable access for the logon user of the DataBlast Service and for the user who installs the DataBlast Service on the DataBlast server machine.

If a drill system database connects via Windows integrated security, the DataBlast Service must be configured to use a domain account with the relevant security permissions. The user who installs and configures the DataBlast Service on the DataBlast server machine must also have a domain account with the relevant security permissions.