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Server Requirements for Self Hosting
If you're thinking of hosting Accudemia on your own servers, you must take into account that additional software might be required. Also, depending on the installation there might be different requirements, such as a dedicated firewall or a load balancing server; it all depends on the size of your institution and the performance and security requirements you might have. Please ask your system administrator for more information on this topic.
Also, other free software might need to be installed. If you already have licenses of other versions or editions of the products listed below, please contact us to know if they're supported. Some limitations might apply, or some features might not be available. Installation and support fees might vary if other software is used.
The server hardware requirements depend on the server load.
Hardware
It will depend on the amount of concurrent users.
Component | Requirement |
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Processor | Minimum Processor type: AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support. Recommended Processor type: Quad-Core Processor. Recommended Processor speed: 2.0 GHz or faster |
Memory | Minimum: 2 GB Recommended: 8 GB or more |
Hard Disk | Recommended: RAID 5 – 500 GB Free disk space |
Firewall Server | A stand-alone firewall server is recommended to reduce the load in the application servers. |
Software
Component | Requirement |
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Operating System | Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit x64 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit x64 Standard Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit x64 Web |
Database Server | SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition, with the following features installed - Database Engine Services: SQL Server Replication, Full-Text Search - Client Tools Conectivity - Integration Services - Client Tools Backward Compatibility - Management Tools (Complete) |
Additional Software | Your own backup and recovery plan and software. SSL Certificate installed 7zip - http://www.7-zip.org/ Mozilla Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Araxis Merge (or WinMerge) CopSSH - http://sourceforge.net/projects/sereds/files/Copssh/ (download the latest Copssh_x.x.x_Installer.zip) Email server (other than the Windows one) – ie: Mail Enable, MDeamon Windows Remote Desktop Optional: Virtual CloneDrive if installing from ISO images is required. Optional: SQLite Manager add-on for Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sqlite-manager/ |
Information Prior to Install
In order to perform the installation, our team will need the following tools working. Also, you need to provide us the following information:
If the SQL Server is in another computer:
Details | Example |
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Windows Remote Desktop access | |
Administrator password | your_password |
SQL Server location and instance name | server123\SQL2008 |
SQL Server ‘sa’ password | your_password |
Address of a shared folder where the SQL Server is located | \\server123\Shared |
Domain name of the Accudemia server | accudemia.yourcollege.edu |
Addresses of the SQL Report Server | http://server123:89/ReportServer and http://server123:89/Reports |
If the SQL Server is in in the same server:
Details | Example |
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Administrator password | your_password |
SQL Server ‘sa’ password | your_password |
Domain name of the Accudemia server | accudemia.yourcollege.edu |