First of all congrats for your product, the few features I have tested so far are amazing !
I have a question related to the environments used to install Dremio : your documentation states that single server or Windows OS should not be used for production usage. I happen to have access to a powerful workstation (Windows 7, 40 cores, 256 GB RAM), much more easily than a cluster of servers running Linux machines. I’m just wondering what type of issues I could encounter should I use this PC for production usage. Could you please elaborate a bit on your recommendation ?
If you use a single instance node for Dremio server, then you can use the default settings where both coordinator& executor node(s) are located on the same server.
Also pay close attention to dremio.conf and dremio-env configuration files which are located in /conf directory and set respective JVM properties appropriately:
Dremio Windows installer supports Windows 7 and Windows 10, so your OS is supported and you can proceed and install Dremio on your windows workstation.
The recommended OS however would be Linux, 1-2 (+1 for the high availability- HA coordinator node) coordinator nodes and several executor nodes, depending on your available resources. Minumum requirements are also described on the 1st link I’ve attached for you.