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Recommended is the most up to date version of SQL. Requirement is SQL Server 2012 2016 or later.

SQL Server Express is installed if none is found, and it is also required for servers where publications are created or consumed. This includes Manager Server, Web Server, Off line Viewer (stand-alone) and SBE or Starter Edition.

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Note. The version of SQL Server on the Web Server must be the same or later compared to the version of SQL Server on Manager Server.

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AzureSQL. From version 5.3 also AzureSQL is supported, installation will be slightly different.

Server OS

Recommended is the most recent version of Windows Server. Windows Server 2012 or later is acceptableAll versions supported by Microsoft are also acceptable for installation.

IIS

Recommended is the most recent version of IIS. IIS 7 or later is acceptable.

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Publishing to Pdf requires a lot of memory, when 1000 pages or more are produced. A minimum of 16 GByte is required from a publication manager server. For medium sized databases or with many users 24 GB may be recommended. For very high load and big databases load balanced 32+ GB servers are recommended.

A SQL Server do also occupy consume a lot of memory, system tuning may be necessary to get good performance on larger systems.

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Client for Offline Viewer

Resource

Requirement

Primary memory

16+ GByte

Disk

500 MByte plus space for publications

Client for Manager Application

Resource

Requirement

Primary memory

16+ GByte

Disk

500 MByte plus space for publications

Client for SBE users

Resource

Requirement

Primary memory

16-24 GB

Disk

1000 MByte plus space for publications

CPU

Dual CPU, 3 GHz


Server hardware

Web Server

The Web Server is used to host the publications and the web interface. The IIS uses port 80. If Web Viewer is configured to send “reset password”-email, the web server will need connectivity and credentials to an SMTP-server443/80.

Resource

Requirement

Primary memory

16-32 GB, up to 64 GB for very large installations

Disk

50 GByte plus space for publications, use high speed disks

CPU

Multiple CPU, 3 GHz (4 cores preferred)

For large databases, heavy load or high requirements on availability, load balanced servers are recommended.

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The Manager Server is used by the editors while working with data and for creating publications.

Resource

Requirement

Primary memory

16-32 GB

Disk

50 GByte plus space for publications

CPU

Multiple CPU, 3 GHz (4 cores preferred)

Clients for Web Viewer

The end users will use Internet Explorer or other browser to view the spare part information. The hardware requirement of these users are fairly low.

Resource

Requirement

Primary memory

8-16 GB

Disk

no specific requirement

Browser

Crome, Firefox, Edge Chromium, Safari.


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IE11. Note that IE11 is not further developed by Microsoft and is being phased out. Support is discontineud as Microsoft has phased out IE11.

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