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-====== Server Requirements for Self Hosting ======+====== Accudemia 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.  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. 
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 The server hardware requirements depend on the server load. The server hardware requirements depend on the server load.
  
- +===== Hardware =====
-==== Hardware ====+
  
 It will depend on the amount of concurrent users. It will depend on the amount of concurrent users.
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 ^ Component ^ Requirement^ ^ Component ^ Requirement^
 ^ 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 | ^ 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: GB\\ Recommended: 8 GB or more |+^ Memory | Minimum: GB\\ Recommended: 8 GB or more |
 ^ Hard Disk | Recommended: RAID 5 – 500 GB Free disk space | ^ 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. | ^ Firewall Server| A stand-alone firewall server is recommended to reduce the load in the application servers. |
  
  
-==== Software ====+===== Software =====
  
 ^ Component ^ Requirement^ ^ Component ^ Requirement^
-^ 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 +^ Operating System | Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit x64 (or newer) 
-^ 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) +^ Database Server | SQL Server 2012 R2 (or newer) Standard Edition, with the following features installed\\ - Database Engine\\ Services: SQL Reporting Services, Full-Text Search\\ - Client Tools Conectivity\\ - Integration Services\\ - Client Tools Backward Compatibility | 
-^ 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)\\ An Amazon AWS account for sending emails (recommended), or an 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/ |+^ 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%%)\\ An Amazon AWS account for sending emails (recommended), or an 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 ====+===== 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: In order to perform the installation, our team will need the following tools working. Also, you need to provide us the following information:
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 Working on the above or supporting it is not included in our standard installation service.  If you want us to work on any of these items, additional fees will apply. Contact us for a quote.  Working on the above or supporting it is not included in our standard installation service.  If you want us to work on any of these items, additional fees will apply. Contact us for a quote. 
  
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 +==== Email Delivery Options ====
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 +Accudemia supports different methods to deliver emails:
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 +**1)  Using our own email server:**  We do this work when installing Accudemia, using Mail Enable.  You only need to unblock the connections in your firewall in order to allow Mail Enable to work.
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 +**2)  Using an external SMTP server:**  This option requires that you send us a SMTP server that requires username and password, but not encryption.  Those requirements are pretty common, for example we could configure Accudemia to deliver emails through Hotmail!  [[accudemia:hostingreq:testsmtp|Test SMTP authentication and send emails using Telnet]]
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 +**3)  Using [[http://aws.amazon.com/ses/|Amazon AWS SES]]:**  This service allows to send emails in a fast and reliable manner.  You only need to set up an Amazon account and configure it.  You will also need to unblock the outbound connections to Amazon.
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 +Either way, make sure to allow the connections in your firewall.  If there are any firewalls blocking the connection, we won't be able to set up the emails.
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 +**IMPORTANT:**
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 +If there's any configuration missing or software not installed, additional charges might apply.  Emails must be working before we start the installation.
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 +
 +==== Pre-Installation Checklist ====
 +
 +[[accudemia:hostingreq:checklist|View the installation checklist >]]