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Technical Requirements for IDEAS-PD
IDEAS/IDEAS-PD Standard Installation
Federal Baseline v4.3.5 (FOR DOI BUREAUS ONLY) AND VERSION 4.3.7 AND BEYOND (NON-DOI CLIENTS)
Technical Specifications
Client/Server Workstation
The following tables describe the software and hardware specifications for the Federal Baseline v4.3.5 OR 4.3.7 AND BEYOND Client/Server application.
| Software | Specification |
|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows 95 & 98 Windows NT v4.0 Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP |
| Word Processor | Microsoft Word 97, 2000 & 2002, WordPerfect 9.0 & 12.0 |
| Spreadsheet | Microsoft Excel 97, & 2000, 2002 Lotus 97 & Millennium |
| Hardware | Specification |
|---|---|
| Platform | Intel |
| Processor | Pentium 200 MHz or higher |
| Memory (RAM) | Windows 95/98 - 32 MB or higher Windows NT/2000 - 64 MB or higher Windows XP - 128 MB or higher |
| Hard Disk | 150 MB free hard disk space |
| Display | VGA video display adapter (SVGA recommended) |
Database Server
The IDEAS-PD application is designed to inter-operate with a variety of full-featured RDBMS's including Oracle and Sybase. We have listed sample software and hardware configurations in the following table. This list is for comparative purposes only; they are not an exhaustive list of possible database server configurations of IDEAS-PD:
| Software | Specification |
|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows NT, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, AIX |
| RDBMS | Oracle 8.1.7 & 9i, Sybase 12.5 |
| Network Interface Card | 10/100 Mbps Ethernet or 16Mbps Token Ring |
| Platform | Processor | Memory (RAM) | Hard Disk | Display | CD-ROM | Network Interface Card | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Site: < 26 users |
Intel High-end Pentium II 333 or higher | 128 MB or higher | 8 GB or higher | VGA video display adapter (SVGA rec.) | Installed | Installed | 10/100 Mbps Ethernet |
| Medium Site: 26-100 users |
Intel 2-4 high-end II 333 or 2-4RISC (by vendor) | 256-512 MB or higher | 25-50 GB or higher | VGA video display adapter (SVGA rec.) | Installed | Installed | 100 Mbps Ethernet |
| Large Site: 100+ users |
RISC 4+ RISC processors (MHz varies by vendor) | 512 MB - 1GB or higher | 50-100 GB or higher | VGA video display adapter (SVGA rec.) | Installed | Installed | 100 Mbps Ethernet |
* These specifications are the same as publicized by the software provider CGI-AMS.