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NetAcuity - Deployment Methods

Digital Element offers four deployment methods for the NetAcuity database: Server/API, Cloud Service, Text File Creator, and Embedded API. Each method is tailored for different use cases, such as high or low volume IP address lookups, with varying levels of manual or automatic database updates. The Server/API and Embedded API are recommended for high volume lookups, while the Cloud Service is suited for low volume, and the Text File Creator allows for local data storage.

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NetAcuity - Deployment Methods

Digital Element offers four deployment methods for the NetAcuity database: Server/API, Cloud Service, Text File Creator, and Embedded API. Each method is tailored for different use cases, such as high or low volume IP address lookups, with varying levels of manual or automatic database updates. The Server/API and Embedded API are recommended for high volume lookups, while the Cloud Service is suited for low volume, and the Text File Creator allows for local data storage.

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Technical Sheet

NetAcuity Deployment Methods


Digital Element offers four deployment methods for the NetAcuity database. Each of these methods are
described below:

Server/API

The NetAcuity Server can be installed on current versions of Linux or Windows Server. The Server caches
Digital Element’s proprietary Database in RAM on the local machine. No calls are made to the client network.
The Master Update Server (MUS) responds to check-ins from the client machine and automatically updates
the data when new releases are available. The update does not impact performance, as a copy of the
previously stored Database is kept in memory until the latest release has replaced it. To query the locally
installed NetAcuity Server, Digital Element provides an API bundle that includes multiple supported
programming languages.

Cloud Service

The cloud is accessed via a user specific token that allows the client to query a hosted version of NetAcuity.
As with the NetAcuity Server option, the web service responds to check-ins from the hosted database and
automatically updates the data when new releases are available. There is no performance effect and the
client is blind to the update.

Text File Creator

The NetAcuity Text File creator allows clients to pull down raw data files to dump them into a csv/txt file and
then store them locally in their environment. The raw files are posted to a secure http site (Support Portal) and
can be downloaded using automated scripts. Once the file is downloaded and built, the client loads it into a
local data structure of their choosing. Total file size varies, depending on files and databases selected.

Embedded API

For a few supported languages, the Embedded API allows the user to avoid installing the Server software or
download the entire database into a text file, by querying the binary “nadb” files directly. These “nadb” files are
stored in memory locally, and can maintain high queries per second like the Server offers. The “nadb” files can
be downloaded using automated scripts.

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The recommended use case for each method is described below:

Deployment Method Recommended Use Case

NetAcuity Server/API • High volume IP address lookups (Over 50M)


• Single call for multiple features
• Real time response (Low latency)
• Hosted by customer
• Automatic database updates
• Track number of IP requests

Cloud Service • Low volume IP address lookups (Under 50M)


• Single call for multiple features
• No latency concerns
• Hosted by Digital Element
• Automatic database updates
• Track number of IP requests

Text File Creator • High volume IP address lookups (Over 50M)


• Single call for multiple features
• Real time response (Low latency)
• Hosted by customer
• Manual database updates
• Customer tracks number of IP requests

Embedded API • High volume IP address lookups (Over 50M)


• Single call for multiple features
• Real time response (Low latency)
• Hosted by customer
• Manual database updates
• Customer tracks number of IP requests

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