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The System Requirements needed to run momentohs® are as follows:

  Lesser or equal to 300 rooms   More than 300 rooms
 Server (Dedicated)    
  Processor / CPU   Pentium Xeon 5000 Series   Pentium Xeon 5300 Series
  RAM    2 GB or more   4 GB or more
  Disk Controllers   SAS or SATA embedded RAID   SAS or SATA embedded RAID
  Harddisk Drives   80GB * 1 or 80GB * 2 (Mirrored)   120GB * 3 (RAID 5)
  Optical Drive   DVD-ROM
  Network Interface Card   1 * 1 Gbits Fast Ethernet PCI   2 * 1Gbit Fast Ethernet PCI
  TAPE Backup System   DAT 72GB minimum
  MODEM  56K PCI, ISDN, Broadband for backup Internet connection
  UPS Online UPS recommended
  Operating System  Windows 2003 Server
  RDBMS Engine   Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard or Enterprise
  Remote Support   Symantec PC Anywhere 9.0 / Logmein / Remote Admin
 Client Workstation    
  Processor / CPU  Pentium IV 2.0 Ghz minimum
  RAM   512 MB RAM
  Harddisk Drives   40 GB (20GB minimum is sufficient)
  Network Interface Card   100 Mbits Ethernet PCI
  Display Unit & Adaptor  15” 1024*768 Super VGA, AGP 64MB
  Operating System   WindowsXP Pro
  Internet Browser  Internet Explorer 6.0
  Database Connectivity   Client Access Licenses (CAL) for SQL Server 2005
 POS Terminals    
  Operating System   Microsoft Windows XP Pro
  Display Unit   12” or 15” 800x600 Touchscreen
  Printer   Any suitable slip or roll printer
 Printers    
  Laser Printer   Preferably HP Laser printer or PCL 6 enabled laser printer
 Network & Cabling    
 LAN   Ethernet LAN
 Cabling   UTP cabling
 Internet Access   Minimum Broadband for remote support
 Anti-Malware    
 Anti-virus Industry standard. Recommended: Norton Anti-virus Corporate Edition
 Anti-spyware   Industry standard. Recommended: Norton or Microsoft Defender
  
 Recommendations:   
    
  DB & File Servers: Hewlett-Packard Proliant ML370 Generation 5 Servers (or similar spec servers from reliable server vendors such as IBM or Dell)
   
 High-Availability:

Backup servers can be the same as the ones above or of lower specification model. Hewlett-Packard Proliant ML110 may be used for backup. If high-availability with zero downtime is required, server, file and replication systems such as Availl, WANSync or PEER is required. Microsoft SQL Server to be configured for replication to backup server.

Minimum spec for backup server: HP Proliant ML110.

  • Intel Xeon 3040 Dual Core Processor 1.86GHz
  • 2GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM
  • with Advanced ECC capabilities
  • 160GB SATA 7200 rpm Harddisk Drive
  • Integrated 4-port harddisk controller with embedded RAID
  • DVD-ROM drive
  • Gigabit NIC
   
  Tape Backup: Preferably from server vendor with reliable software such as ArcServe or Veritas
   
  PC Workstation: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 2000 Series desktop (normal user) or similar specs.

Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 5000 or 7000 Series desktop (high-end users) or similar specs.
   
  POS Workstations: IBM SurePos 300 or 500 or 700 Series

HP rp5000 POS System

Other recommendations:

  • Server room network to be on Gigabit LAN
  • Software or system for high-availability and disaster recovery
  • RAID 5 installation for data integrity, fault-tolerance
  • No other services should run on the momentohs® DB / file server
  • Administrator login and database login in force

 
 
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