1. Client Workstation

The client component of the application runs from a web browser or directly on the user’s workstation using Java smart client technology.

The minimum recommended specifications of the client workstations are:

  • 1GB RAM
  • 1GHz CPU
  • 20 GB Hard Disk
  • Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Linux, Mac OSX 10.5
  • Internet Explorer 6+, Firefox 2.x+ or Safari web browser
  • Java 1.6 JVM
  • Video card capable of 1024×768 screen resolution
2. Database / Application Server

Both the server component of the application and the database can run on the same server.

The recommended specifications of the application server are:

  • 4 GB RAM
  • Dual Core 2 GHz CPU
  • 20 GB Hard Disk (this will depend upon the amount of data being stored within the database)
  • Windows 2003, 2000 Server or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5 Operating System
  • Internet Explorer 6+, Firefox 2.x+ or Safari web browser
  • Java 1.6 JVM
  • Oracle RDBMS 10g R2
  • Apache 2.2.x
Figure 2 - Reference Physical Architecture