EZ-Process 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-Process Suite:

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

EZ-Process Application Server:

	MINIMUM Requirements	RECOMMENDED
CPU:	Pentium 4 Single processor	Recent Mutli-Core processor(s)
RAM memory:	1GB	2GB
Hard-Disk / Space:	IDE/SATA 4Gig (Application/DB/Content typical footprint)	RAID-1 / 4Gig (Application/DB/Content typical footprint)
Operating System:	Windows 2000 Server-SP4	Windows 2003 (all versions)
Database / MDAC:	MS-SQL 2000 EN MDAC 2.7 SP1 Refresh	MS-SQL 2005/2008 EN MDAC 2.8 RTM
Web-Server Engine:	IIS 5.0	IIS 6.0
Network type:	TCP/IP based (Ethernet) 100Mbits	TCP/IP based (Ethernet) 1Gbits

Additional notes:

It is required that the EZ-Process server be dedicated (to eliminate possible web-applications conflicts and/or performance issues between different applications). 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-Process
Most of the EZ-Process 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-Process.
The minimum Server requirements above are valid for all EZ-Process modules based on typical traffic generated by a small to middle size company. If EZ-Process 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 150 concurrent instances). Beyond that point, the Server specifications should be enhanced to ensure optimal performance.

EZ-Process Administration Center software:

	MINIMUM Requirements	RECOMMENDED
CPU:	Pentium 4 Single Processor	Recent Multi-Core processor(s)
RAM memory:	512Mb	2GB
Hard-Disk space:	40 MB (application footprint)	40 MB (application footprint)
Video & Screen:	Standard VGA 1024x768	Standard VGA 1280X1024
Operating System:	Microsoft Windows 2000 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 6.0	Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0

Additional notes:

The EZ-Process 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 1Gig 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.