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Deployment requirements
 
Windows Client
File Server
Citrix Client/Remote Desktop Client
Application Server (Citrix Server/Terminal Server)
Database server
Windows Client
Client System
Windows 10.0 (64-bit)
Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (1)
Additional Software
PDF reader:
Adobe reader 10.0 or higher recommended
RTF/DOC/DOCX reader
XLS/XLSX reader
SQL Server Native client 11.0 (SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2016)
If data is stored in SQL Server
Hardware
Processor
multi-core
RAM
4 GB minimum
6 GB or higher recommended
2 GB for data cache in memory
Resolution and colors
16 M colors
Screen resolution
800 x 600 minimum
1024 x 768 or better recommended
Disk space
4 GB for HOPEX Kernel
50 MB recommended for logs
 
(1) Required for each Window machine running HOPEX kernel (workstation or server).
 
File Server
Server System
Windows Server 2012 SP2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
For other file systems a specific study is necessary
Hardware
Processor
See hardware requirements of the system.
RAM
See hardware requirements of the system, 1 GB recommended.
Disk space
5 GB recommended per HOPEX Environment (environment folder).
Select superior quality components for disks and disk controller cards.
 
Citrix Client/Remote Desktop Client
Client System
Citrix Client
The list varies with the version of the Citrix server
Examples: Windows 32/64-bit client, Linux client, UNIX client, Mac client
Citrix Web Client
The list varies with the version of the Citrix server
Examples: Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Safari
Remote Desktop Connection Client
The list varies with the version of the TSE server
Examples: Windows 32/64-bit client, Mac client
Remote Desktop Web Connection Client
Edge
Hardware
No specific requirement for HOPEX.
 
Application Server (Citrix Server/Terminal Server)
Server System
See also requirements for Citrix Presentation Server or Citrix XenApp
Application Server Layer
TSE on Windows Server 2012
TSE on Windows Server 2012 R2
Citrix XenApp 7.x For 2012 R2
Citrix XenApp 7.x For 2016
Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (1)
Additional Software
PDF reader
Adobe Reader 10.0 or higher recommended
SQL Server Native client 11.0 (SQL Server 2012)
If data is stored in SQL Server
Hardware
Processor
1 cores minimum per group of 15 users
3-4 cores recommended per group of 15 users
RAM
6 GB minimum
1 GB minimum for the Terminal Server system and for the Citrix system
2 GB for data cache in memory
Per concurrent modeller user
600 MB intensive use
300 MB low use
Resolution
65000 colors minimum.
Disk space
4 GB for HOPEX Kernel
500 MB recommended for logs
 
(1) Required for each Window machine running HOPEX kernel (workstation or server).
(2) When running HOPEX Windows Front-End, IE is used in embedded mode. It is installed with the system.
 
Database server
Server System
see RDBMS requirements
RDBMS
Oracle Database Server 12C (Release 1, Release 2)
SQL Server 2014
SQL Server 2016
Disk space
Data:
2 GB minimum per system database
2 GB minimum per data repository
Refer to the separate article 'RDBMS Repository Installation guide HOPEX V2R1'.
Hardware
RAM: a specific study is required.
Refer to the separate article 'RDBMS Repository Installation guide HOPEX V2R1'.
CPU: see hardware requirements of the RDBMS.