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TimeStar Enterprise™ — System Requirements

System Requirements - Client/User Interface


Recommended:
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows® Vista or Windows® 7
  • Dual-core Intel/AMD processor: 2000MHz or higher
  • RAM: 2GB or higher
  • SXGA color monitor
  • Screen resolution 1280x1024 or higher
  • 10/100/1000Mbps network card or higher for network installations
  • Internet Explorer 8.0 or Firefox 3.5+
  • Broadband Internet access @ 1.5Mbps or higher (non-network installations only)
Supported:
  • Windows® XP, Windows® Vista or Windows® 7
  • Intel/AMD processor: 1000MHz or higher
  • RAM: 512MB or higher
  • XGA color monitor
  • Screen resolution 1024x768 or higher
  • 10/100Mbps network card for network installations
  • Internet Explorer 7.0+ or Firefox 3.5+
  • Broadband Internet access @ 384Kbps or higher (non-network installations only)

TimeStar Enterprise™ is engineered and tested for the Microsoft® Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browser platforms. Additional browsers (i.e. Safari, Opera and Chrome) are not officially supported by Galaxy Technologies, Inc. at this time.

System Requirements - Application/Database Server(s)

These requirements are considered minimum requirements.  If TimeStar Enterprise™ is to share the server with other applications, 80% of the server resources should be available to TimeStar Enterprise™.

Small Business (<250 active employees)
  • Single server for web/middleware/database apps
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server running IIS 5.0, Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Server* running IIS 6.0, Microsoft® Windows® 2008 Server* running IIS 7.0
  • Microsoft® SQL-Server™ 2000, Microsoft® SQL-Server™ 2005, Microsoft® SQL-Server™ 2008
    Microsoft® SQL-Server™ 2005 Express is supported, but not recommended due to performance limitations
  • Intel/AMD processor: 2Ghz or higher (multi-core or multi-processor recommended)
  • Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 or greater
  • RAM: 2GB or higher
  • XGA color monitor
  • 5GB of available hard drive space
  • SATA or SCSI Hard Drive(s) (RAID-5 recommended)
  • 100Mbps network card or greater
  • Internet Explorer 7.0+ or Firefox 3.5+
  • Broadband Internet access @ 768Kbps or higher (for support of non-local-network users)

Mid-Market (250-999 active employees)
Option #1:
  • Single server for both web/database apps
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server running IIS 5.0, Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Server* running IIS 6.0, Microsoft® Windows® 2008 Server* running IIS 7.0
  • Microsof®t SQL-Server™ 2000, Microsoft® SQL-Server™ 2005, Microsoft® SQL-Server™ 2008
  • Dual (2) Intel/AMD processors: 2GHz or higher (multi-core recommended)
  • RAM: 4GB or higher
  • XGA color monitor
  • 10GB of available hard drive space
  • SATA or SCSI Hard Drive(s) (RAID-5 recommended)
  • 100Mbps network card or greater
  • Internet Explorer 7.0+ or Firefox 3.5+
  • Broadband Internet access @ 1.5Mbps or higher (for support of non-local-network users)


Option #2:
  • Two Servers: 1-web server, 1-database server
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server running IIS 5.0, Microsoft® Windows 2003 Server* running IIS 6.0, Microsoft® Windows® 2008 Server* running IIS 7.0
  • Microsoft® SQL-Server™ 2000, Microsoft® SQL-Server™ 2005, Microsoft® SQL-Server™ 2008
  • Intel/AMD processor: 2GHz or higher (multi-core or multi-processor recommended)
  • RAM: 2GB or higher
  • XGA color monitor
  • 10GB of available hard drive space
  • SATA or SCSI Hard Drive(s) (RAID-5 recommended)
  • 100Mbps network card or greater
  • Internet Explorer 7.0+ or Firefox 3.5+
  • Broadband Internet access @ 1.5Mbps or higher (for support of non-local-network users)
Large Enterprise (1000-5000 active employees)
  • Two Servers: 1-web server, 1-database server
    Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server running IIS 5.0, Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Server* running IIS 6.0, Microsoft® Windows® 2008 Server* running IIS 7.0
  • Microsoft® SQL-Server™ 2000, Microsoft® SQL-Server™ 2005, Microsoft® SQL-Server™ 2008
  • Dual (2) Intel/AMD processors: 3Ghz or higher (minimum 2-cores per processor)
  • RAM: 4GB or higher
  • XGA color monitor
  • 15GB of available hard drive space
  • SATA or SCSI Hard Drive(s) (RAID-5 recommended)
  • 1000Mbps network card or greater
  • Internet Explorer 7.0+ or Firefox 3.5+
  • Broadband Internet access @ 3Mbps or higher (for support of non-local-network users)

* 32-Bit and 64-Bit operating systems are supported.

If your organization has more than 5000 active employees, please contact Galaxy to discuss hosting architecture for optimal performance.

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