How much setup, configuration and active day-to-day management does an Orion server require? In other words, what is the cost of ownership of the Orion server?

For standard deployment scenarios, the Orion server is installed through a single-step unzip of a zip file. No server configuration is required except for registering Orion as an operating system service, and possibly configuring the Java memory for supporting large user license populations.

The default Orion server management parameters are designed for lights-out 24×7 operations from the moment the license server is installed. For example, license database backups are preconfigured to automatically run daily, the audit trail runs daily and maintains a 30-day audit trail log, etc. An administrator takes manual steps only in the event that the defaults need to be changed, or explicit event alerter rules need to be defined, or specific object groups need to be specified for polling or cleanup, etc.