EZ-Control Client/Server Hardware Sizing Requirements

Find below the Hardware & Network Sizing guidelines applicable to the installation / implementation of one or several modules of the EZ-Control Suite:

EZ-Workflow
EZ-Publisher
EZ-Modeler
EZ-Compliance
EZ-Book
EZ-Dashboard
EZ-BPR (requires EZ-Publisher and/or EZ-Modeler)

EZ-Control Application Server:

	MINIMUM Requirements	RECOMMENDED
CPU:	Multi-core 2M-cache	Xeon Quad 8M-cache
RAM memory:	2GB	4GB
Hard-Disk / Space:	SATA-2, 7200RPM 4Gig (Application/DB/Content typical footprint)	RAID-10, 10k RPM 8Gig (Application/DB/Content typical footprint)
Operating System:	Microsoft Windows 2003 Server	Microsoft Windows 2008 Server
Database / MDAC:	MS-SQL 2000 EN MDAC 2.7 SP1 Refresh	MS-SQL 2005/2008 EN MDAC 2.8 RTM
Web-Server Engine:	IIS 6.0	IIS 7.0
Network speed:	100Mbit/s	1Gbit/s

Additional notes:

It is required that the EZ-Control server be dedicated (to eliminate possible web-applications conflicts and/or performance issues between different applications). It can also be installed in a Virtual Machine environment. The MS-SQL Server database can, however, be local to the application server or located on an external database server (clustered or not).
Environment with multiple domains and/or cross-domain structure needs to be evaluated in a case-by-case basis due to access & security requirements of EZ-Control
Most of the EZ-Control modules are generating email notifications (Revision Control, Electronic approvals, Validation requests, etc…). In order to be sent, a customer-based SMTP server needs to be provided and a valid email account ID/address need to be created and configured in EZ-Control.
The minimum Server requirements above are valid for all EZ-Control modules based on typical traffic generated by a small to middle size company. If EZ-Control Web-components are to be accessed by a larger number of people daily, the Server specifications should be enhanced to ensure optimal performance.
The minimum Server requirements above are valid for EZ-Workflow if operated with a light-to-medium load (up to 100 concurrent instances). Beyond that point, the Server specifications should be enhanced to ensure optimal performance.

EZ-Control Administration Center software:

	MINIMUM Requirements	RECOMMENDED
CPU:	Dual-Core 1MB-cache	Multi-Core 3MB-cache
RAM memory:	1GB	2GB
Hard-Disk space:	40 MB (application footprint)	40 MB (application footprint)
Screen Resolution	1024x768	1280x1024
Operating System:	Microsoft Windows XP MDAC 2.7	Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7 (32-bits and 64-bits) MDAC 2.81
Network type:	TCP/IP based (Ethernet) 100Mbits/sec	TCP/IP based (Ethernet) 1Gig/sec
Browser:	Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0	Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or later

Additional notes:

The EZ-Control Suite includes several "Portal" components. Fully web-based (zero installation), these can be accessed/operated by PCs having the minimum requirements above. Administrators, operating Client-based "Dashboards", should aim for the recommended requirements.
Compliance Administrators operating EZ-Compliance must ensure that a minimum of 2Gig RAM is available on the computer used to display the Access Authorizations and SOD Conflicts lists. In addition, the computer used to perform the SOD scans (desktop or server) should be a multi-core CPU.