CommonSpot 4.5 and 4.6 Technology Requirements
*If you are running an older version of CommonSpot
Client Requirements:
100% Browser Based - no client software required.
Pages created using CommonSpot are viewable from all standard browser types including, but not limited to, Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Safari, Opera and Firefox.
Authoring and approval of content can be done on any of the following browsers:
| | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Web Browsers: |
| Windows |
| IE 7.x + | x | x |
| Mozilla 1.7 + | x | x |
| Netscape 7.2+ | x | x |
| Firefox 2.x + | x | x |
| Mac OS X |
| Mozilla 1.7 + | x | x |
| Netscape 7.2 + | x | x |
| Firefox 2.x + | x | x |
| Unix |
| Firefox 2.x + | x | x |
| Mozilla 1.7 + | x | x |
| Netscape 7.2 | x | x |
Adobe ColdFusion Application Server:
- ColdFusion MX Standard or Enterprise Version 7
- ColdFusion MX Standard or Enterprise Version 6.1
Adobe ColdFusion MX 7
For information on service packs please see the Adobe ColdFusion website
| | Standard | Enterprise | Notes |
| Operating Systems: |
| Windows |
| 2000 Professional | x | x | |
| 2000 Server | x | x | |
| 2003 (Web, Standard, Enterprise) | x | x | |
| XP (Home, Professional) | x | x | |
| Linux |
| Red Hat AS & ES 3.0 or 4.0 | x | x | |
| Suse Enterprise Server 8x | | x | |
| Turbo Linux 8 Server (Japanese Only) | x | x | |
| UNIX |
| Solaris 8, 9, 10 | | x | |
| IBM AIX 5L 5.1 | | x | |
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.2 + | | x | |
| Web Servers |
| Apache 1.3.22 - 1.3.37 | x | x | |
| Apache > 2.0.43 | x | x | |
| JRun HTTP Server | x | x | |
| Netscape Web Server | x | x | |
| RedHat HTTPD | x | x | |
| IIS 4.0, 5.x, 6.0 | x | x | |
| SunOne 6.x | x | x | |
| Database |
| MS Access | x | x | |
| SQL Server 2000 | x | x | |
| SQL Server 2005 | x | x | |
| MySQL 5.0.25 | x | x | |
| Oracle 9i | | x | |
| Oracle 10g | | x | |
Hardware Requirements:
Windows and Linux
Processor: 1 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or higher
Memory: 1 GB (recommend 2 GB)
Disk Space (h): 400 MB
UNIX
Processor: SPARC, PA-RISC 1.1 or 2.0, or POWER/3 processor
Memory: 1 GB (recommend 2 GB)
Disk Space (h): 400 MB
Adobe ColdFusion MX 6.1
For information on service packs please see the Adobe ColdFusion website
| | Standard | Enterprise | Notes |
| Operating Systems: |
| Windows |
| XP | x | x | |
| 2003 | x | x | |
| NT 4.0 (workstation, server) | x | x | |
| 2000 Professional | x | x | |
| 2000 Server | x | x | |
| Linux |
| Red Hat 7.2, 7.3, 8, 9 (Personal and Professional) | x | x | |
| Red Hat AS & ES 2.1 or 3.0 | x | x | |
| Suse 7.2, 7.3, 8.x | x | x | |
| Suse Enterprise Server 8 | | x | |
| Cobalt Qube, RaQ 3,4, XTR | x | x | |
| UNIX |
| Solaris 7,8,9 | | x | |
| HP-UX 11i | | x | PA-RISC |
| Web Servers |
| Apache 1.3.22 - 1.3.37 | x | x | |
| Apache > 2.0.43 | x | x | |
| JRUN HTTP Server | x | x | |
| Netscape Web Server | x | x | |
| Red Hat HTTPD | x | x | |
| IIS 4.0, 5.x, 6.0 | x | x | |
| SunOne 6.x | x | x | |
| Databases |
| MS Access | x | x | |
| SQL Server 2000 | x | x | |
| SQL Server 2005 | x | x | |
| Oracle 9i | | x | |
| Oracle 10g | | x | |
Hardware Requirements:
Windows and Linux
Processor: Pentium or higher
RAM: 512 MB (recommend 1GB)
Disk Space (h): 400 MB
Solaris
Processor: UltraSparc or higher
RAM 512 MB (recommend 1GB)
Disk Space (h): 400 MB
J2EE Application Servers
| Operating System | JRun | Web Logic (6, 7, 8.1) | WebSphere 5.0 | SunOne AS |
| XP | x | x | x | |
| 2000 Server and Advanced Server (SP2) | x | x | x | x |
| Windows 2003 | x | x | x | x |
| RH 7.2 | x | x | | x |
| RH 7.3 | x | | | x |
| RH 8, 9 | x (v) | | x (v) | |
| RH Enterprise AS 2.1 | x | x | x | |
| Suse 7.2 | x | | | |
| Suse 7.3 | x | | x | |
| Solaris 7 | x | x | | x |
| Solaris 8 | x | x | x | x (v) |
| Solaris 9 | x | | | x (v) |
| HP-UX 11i | x | | | |
Web Server Sizing:
Many factors contribute to your choice of Web server configurations and sizing.
For more information about how to determine content management Web server configuration and sizing requirements for your organization, read an article from Dell Computer Corporation.
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(h) As for all Web environments, processor, memory and disk space requirements are based on the platform, expected usage load, expected request time, and various other factors.