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Hardware Requirements

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Tier 1: Database Server

Pentium Xeon dual-core 3 GHz+ Processor (Motherboard should be dual-cpu capable), IBM Power (pSeries, iSeries, OpenPower & BladeCentre JS20), IBM ZSeries, HP PA Risc, HP AlphaServer, Sun UltraSparc, 64-bit Itanium.

Memory
4GB memory

Disk
2@36 GB SCSI disks (for fault tolerance recommend mirrored boot disk and Raid-5 array for database).

Tier 2: Application Server

Pentium Xeon dual-core 3 GHz+ Processor or greater, 4 GB memory. Motherboard should be dual-cpu capable. Disk space required 4 GB.

Tier 3: WEB Clients

Pentium II 266 MHz or higher (Pentium 4 recommended), 512MB memory, Apple MAC (200 MHz PowerPC G3 or higher, 128MB RAM), or Sun Workstation. Minimum screen resolution is 1024 X 768.


Software Requirements

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Tier 1: Database Server

Operating System (32 and 64-bit)
x86 & x86-64 Windows 2000/2003/2008 Server, XP, Vista, Red Hat Linux (Advanced Server 3, 4 & 5), Oracle Enterprise Linux 3, 4 & 5, Asianux 2, & 3, SLES Linux (9 & 10), Sun Solaris, RISC Unix (Sun Solaris Sparc, HP Tru64, HP UX Itanium, HP PA Risc, IBM AIX), HP Alpha OpenVMS, Itanium (Linix, HP-UX, Windows 2003, HP OpenVMS). or Apple Mac OS X Version 10.4+, IBM z/OS.

Database
Oracle 10gR2 (10.2.0.4)+, 11g.

Tier 2: Application Server

Operating System (32 and 64-bit)
x86 & x86-64 Windows 2000/2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server, XP, Vista, Red Hat Linux (Advanced Server 3, 4 & 5), Oracle Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 & 5, Asianux 1 or 2 (32-bit only), SLES Linux (9 & 10), Sun Solaris, RISC Unix (Sun Solaris, HP Tru64, HP UX Itanium, HP PA Risc, IBM AIX), Itanium (Linix, HP-UX, Windows 2003).

Applications
Oracle Application Server Version 10g 10.1.2.0.2 Enterprise Edition (includes Apache web server, Forms' & Reports' Services).

Tier 3: Client Systems

Operating System
Windows 2000, 2003, Vista, XP*/ 7 , Apple MAC OS 10.4 (Tiger)+ **, Red Hat Linux (3.0+), or Sun Solaris OS**.

Browser Software
Internet Explorer 5.0+, Chrome 5, Firefox 1.0+, Safari 2.0+ (Apple), Mozilla 1.5 (Linux).Sun Java SE 6,

** Safari browser if running MAC OS. Firefox browser if running Sun workstation.


Deployment Options

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The following chart outlines some of the differences between Web and Terminal server deployments:

Web and Terminal Deployment Options
Solution Client / Server Deployment
(Free or SMB Editions)
Web Deployment
(SMB and Enterprise Editions)
Outside web access Available
(remote desktop)
Available
(browser native)
User editable forms   Available
Updated look and feel   Available
Native Excel outputs   Available
(selected reports)
Oracle graphs   Available
Calendar pop-up for date entry   Available
Client support for Windows,
Linux and Macintosh
Windows only Available
Primary key predictive text   Available