elligence System Requirements

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Terminology

How many users?

Frequently throughout this document, you will see requirements that depend upon the number of concurrent users who access elligence. Concurrent users are people who log into elligence at the same time. More concurrent users means greater strain on the system, and that means that you'll need more powerful hardware.

Before you continue, figure out how many people will be logging into elligence at a peak moment from any location, at any workstation, in any database. You might want to also consider the hardware in your office now - you may have some of the pieces in place already.

"Dedicated"

This document will refer to "Dedicated" servers. Dedicated means that the machine is used for one thing only. A "Dedicated" Application Server is only an Application Server. That means that it cannot also be a workstation, or an Exchange Server, or a Domain Controller, or anything else.

Recommended vs. Required

Because elligence is so scalable and flexible, it would be impossible to cover every possible scenario in a single document. This is intended to give you a good idea of what you will need to get, but you may find that some specific questions are not answered by this document.

Questions ???

With so many different versions of software and hardware to choose from, choosing what works and what is optimum for your office and budget can be confusing.  Choosing the wrong software and or hardware can be costly.  If you have any questions, please contact Data Strategies or your elligence Sales Representative prior to purchasing.

Servers

The "servers" are the computers where the main elligence application is running. Depending on the size of your office, there may be a different number of servers, or you may be able to use one of the workstations as a server. The server is the backbone of an elligence installation.

Workstations

No matter how many users you have, you will most likely need a workstation for each one. (These requirements are different if you will be hosting the elligence Workstation on a Citrix or Terminal Services server - see Running elligence Safely Over the Internet for more information.) Please note that for 1-5 users, the workstation might also act as the server - In that case, the server must also meet the requirements above.

Bandwidth

Workstations that connect via the Internet to a "Hosted" server, whether it be DSI's Servers or your own should have the following bandwidth:

• Required Upload Speed: 364KB
• Recommended Upload Speed: 512KB or higher

See Running elligence Safely Over the Internet for additional requirements in multi-location scenarios.