Nexus Repository vs. IQ Server High Availability
Sonatype offers high availability (HA) deployment options for both its Nexus Repository and IQ Server products. The table below details the notable differences in the high availability requirements.
See IQ Server HA help documentation
Requirement | Notable Difference? | Nexus Repository HA for version 3.50.0+ | IQ Server HA for version 156+ |
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Java Runtime Environment | No | Nexus Repository versions 3.69.0 - 3.70.0 can use JRE 8, 11, or 17 Nexus Repository versions 3.67.0+ can use JRE 8 or 11 Nexus Repository versions up to and including 3.66.0 require JRE 8 | Ships with OpenJDK17 as of release 178 Earlier versions shipped with OpenJDK8 |
Cloud Provider Tested | Yes | AWS or Azure | AWS; others may work as well |
Host Servers | Yes | Kubernetes is not required. The following are supported:
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Database | Yes |
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Per-node Local Storage | Yes |
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Orchestration Platforms | Yes |
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Load Balancers | Yes |
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