Hardware Requirements

 

Journyx offers the following configurations, which should be considered as suggestive of the type of hardware that could be used for Journyx ProjectXecute installations. The specific hardware configurations below are not necessarily tested nor endorsed by Journyx, Inc. but are broad guidelines for planning.

It must be noted that individual requirements with regards to performance and scalability must be validated by qualification testing and tuning which model the expected production usage. Large variations from recommended hardware may be necessary depending upon factors such as burst loading, load types (e.g. proportions and timing of reporting, time entry, import/export synchronization) and user behavior.

Journyx recommends that installations for 150 users or more use two machines, one for the database server and one for the application server so both machines should be considered in capacity planning.

Single machine installations, generally considered acceptable for installations with 50 users or less are not covered specifically, but acceptable performance with configurations specified for Less than 150 Users is a reasonable starting point. Journyx highly recommends its Software as a Service as an alternative to provisioning your own hardware.

 

Web and Application Servers

 

  • Operating System: Windows 2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7

    • Web Server Software: Internet Information Service (IIS)

    • Machine Architecture: Intel

Number of Users

CPU

Memory (RAM)

Disk Size and Type

Less than 150

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual or Dual Core CPU Minimum

 

 2-4 GB

 

 20 GB (IDE acceptable)

 
150 to 500

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual CPU or Dual Core Minimum - Quad suggested

 

 4-8 GB

 

 30 GB (IDE acceptable)

 
500 to 1000

 

 2 GHz or higher Quad or 2X Dual Core CPU

 

 8 GB or more

 

 30 GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 
Each additional 1000 users

 

 Two additional 2 GHz or higher CPU/Core

 

 2 or more GB Additional

 

 10 GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 
    • Operating System: Linux

    • Web Server Software: Apache

    • Machine Architecture: Intel

Number of Users

CPU

Memory (RAM)

Disk Size and Type

Less than 150

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual or Dual Core CPU Minimum

 

 2-4 GB

 

 20 GB (IDE acceptable)

 
150 to 500

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual CPU or Dual Core Minimum - Quad suggested

 

 4-8 GB

 

 30 GB (IDE acceptable)

 
500 to 1000

 

 2 GHz or higher Quad or 2X Dual Core CPU

 

 8 GB or more

 

 30 GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 
Each additional 1000 users

 

 Two additional 2 GHz or higher CPU/Core

 

 2 or more GB Additional

 

 10 GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 
    • Operating System: Solaris

    • Web Server Software: Apache or IBM HTTP Server

    • Machine Architecture: SPARC

Number of Users

CPU

Memory (RAM)

Disk Size and Type

Less than 150

 

 Sun Fire v210 1.34 GHz or Dual CPU

 

 2-4 GB

 

 20 GB SCSI

 
150 to 500

 

 Sun Fire v210 1.34 GHz or higher Dual CPU - Suggest Quad Capable

 

 4-8 GB

 

 30 GB or larger SCSI

 
500 to 1000

 

 Sun Fire v440 Quad 1.34 GHz or higher CPU

 

 8 GB or more

 

 30 GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 
Each additional 1000 users

 

 Two Additional CPUs

 

 2 GB Additional

 

 10 GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 
    • Operating System: AIX

    • Web Server Software: Apache or IBM HTTP Server

    • Machine Architecture: POWER or POWER-PC IBM eServer pSeries

Number of Users

CPU

Memory (RAM)

Disk Size and Type

Less than 150

 

 eServer p5 520 1.5 GHz or higher

 

 2-4 GB

 

 18 GB or larger SCSI

 
150 to 500

 

 eServer p5 550 1.6 GHz or higher Dual CPU - suggest Quad Capable

 

 4-8 GB

 

 18 GB or larger SCSI (RAID array recommended)

 
500 to 1000

 

 eServer p5 520/550 1.6 GHz or higher Quad CPU

 

 8 GB or more

 

 36GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 
Each additional 1000 users

 

 Two Additional CPU

 

 2 GB or more additional

 

 36GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 
    • Operating System: FreeBSD

    • Web Server Software: Apache

    • Machine Architecture: Intel

Number of Users

CPU

Memory (RAM)

Disk Size and Type

Less than 150

 

 1 GHz or higher CPU Suggest Dual capable

 

 2-4 GB

 

 20 GB (IDE acceptable)

 
150 to 500

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual CPU - Suggest Quad Capable

 

 4-8 GB

 

 30 GB (IDE acceptable)

 
500 to 1000

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual to Quad CPU/Core Suggest Quad capable-

 

 8 GB or more

 

 30 GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 
Each additional 1000 users

 

 Two additional 2 GHz or higher CPU/Core

 

 2 or more GB Additional

 

 10 GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 

 

 

Database Servers

 

General information on ProjectXecute's database disk usage and other requirements can be found in this document.

    • Operating System: Windows 2000/2003/XP

    • Machine Architecture: Intel

    • Database Software: SQLServer, DB2 or Oracle

Number of Users

CPU

Memory (RAM)

Disk Size and Type

Recommended Database

Less than 150

 

 2.0 GHz or higher Dual or Dual Core CPU

 

 2-4 GB

 

 20 GB (IDE acceptable)

 

 SQL Server

 
150 to 500

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual to Quad CPU or Core

 

 4-8 GB

 

 30 GB (IDE acceptable)

 

 SQL Server, DB2 or Oracle

 
500 to 1000

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual to Quad CPU or Core

 

 8 GB or more

 

 30 GB or larger (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 

 SQL Server, DB2 or Oracle

 
Each additional 1000 users

 

 Two additional 2 GHz or higher CPU

 

 2 or more GB Additional

 

 10 GB additional (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 

 SQL Server, DB2 or Oracle

 
    • Operating System: Linux

    • Machine Architecture: Intel

    • Database Software: DB2, Oracle or PostgreSQL

Number of Users

CPU

Memory (RAM)

Disk Size and Type

Recommended Database

Less than 150

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual or Dual Core

 

 2-4 GB

 

 20 GB (IDE acceptable)

 

 PostgreSQL

 
150 to 500

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual to Quad Core/CPU

 

 4-8 GB

 

 30 GB (IDE acceptable)

 

 PostgreSQL or DB2 or Oracle

 
500 to 1000

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual to Quad CPU/Core

 

 8 GB

 

 30 GB or larger (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 

 DB2 or Oracle

 
Each additional 1000 users

 

 Two additional 2 GHz or higher CPU

 

 2 or more GB Additional

 

 10 GB additional (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 

 DB2 or Oracle

 
    • Operating System: Solaris

    • Machine Architecture: SPARC

    • Database Software: DB2, Oracle or PostgreSQL

Number of Users

CPU

Memory (RAM)

Disk Size and Type

Recommended Database

Less than 150

 

 1.34 GHz or Dual or Dual Core/CPU

 

 2-4 GB

 

 9.1 GB or larger SCSI

 

 PostgreSQL

 
150 to 500

 

 1.34 GHz or higher Dual to Quad Core/CPU

 

 4-8 GB

 

 9.1 GB or larger SCSI (RAID array recommended)

 

 PostgreSQL or DB2 or Oracle

 
500 to 1000

 

 Sun Fire v440 1.28 GHz or higher Dual to Quad Core/CPU

 

 8 GB or more

 

 18 GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 

 DB2 or Oracle

 
Each additional 1000 users

 

 Two Additional CPUs

 

 2 GB Additional

 

 10 GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 

 DB2 or Oracle

 
    • Operating System: AIX

    • Machine Architecture: POWER or POWER-PC eServer pSeries

    • Database Software: DB2, Oracle or PostgreSQL

Number of Users

CPU

Memory (RAM)

Disk Size and Type

Recommended Database

Less than 150

 

 eServer p5 520 1.5 GHz or higher Dual CPU

 

 2-4 GB

 

 9.1 GB or larger SCSI

 

 PostgreSQL

 
150 to 500

 

 eServer p5 520/550 1.5 GHz or higher Dual CPU

 

 4-8 GB

 

 9.1 GB or larger SCSI (RAID array recommended)

 

 PostgreSQL or DB2 or Oracle

 
500 to 1000

 

 eServer p5 520/550 1.5 GHz or higher Dual CPU - Suggest Quad capable

 

 8 GB or more

 

 18 GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 

 DB2 or Oracle

 
Each additional 1000 users

 

 Two Additional CPU

 

 2-4 GB or more additional

 

 10 GB (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 

 DB2 or Oracle

 
    • Operating System: FreeBSD

    • Machine Architecture: Intel

    • Database Software: PostgreSQL

Number of Users

CPU

Memory (RAM)

Disk Size and Type

Recommended Database

Less than 150

 

 1 GHz or higher -Suggest Dual capable-

 

 2-4 GB

 

 20 GB (IDE acceptable)

 

 PostgreSQL

 
150 to 500

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual CPU -Suggest Quad capable-

 

 4-8 GB

 

 30 GB (IDE acceptable)

 

 PostgreSQL

 
500 to 1000

 

 2 GHz or higher Dual CPU -Suggest Quad capable-

 

 8 GB or more

 

 30 GB or larger (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 

 PostgreSQL

 
Each additional 1000 users

 

 Two additional 2 GHz or higher CPU

 

 2 GB or more additional

 

 10 GB additional (SCSI RAID array recommended)

 

 PostgreSQL

 

A Note On Network Connectivity

User interaction with the server is governed by normal networking methodology and is beyond the scope of this document, but requirements are similar to any web based application where sufficient bandwidth is necessary to support the expected user load on the web server. Installations with expected high network usage for user connectivity may need multiple network connections and high speed networks.

A minimum of a 100Base-T connection between the application and database servers for installations of 150 or more users is required. In congested networks a dedicated network connection between the database server and application servers is highly recommended.