Minimum Requirments

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LYNX Enterprise Recommended Hardware Requirements

LYNXPM, L.L.C. offers the following configurations, which should be considered as suggestive of the type of hardware that could be used for LYNX Enterprise installations. The specific hardware configurations below are broad guidelines for planning and implementing the LYNX software applications.

It must be noted that individual requirements with regards to performance and scalability must be validated by qualification testing and tuning which model the expected production usage. Large variations from recommended hardware may be necessary depending upon factors such as burst loading, load types, and user behavior.

LYNXPM, L.L.C. recommends that installations for 150 users or more use two machines, one for the database server and one for the application server so both machines should be considered in capacity planning.
Single machine installations, generally considered acceptable for installations with 50 users or less are not covered specifically, but acceptable performance with configurations specified for Less than 150 Users is a reasonable starting point.


Web and Application Servers

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Operating System: Windows 2000/2003/2008/XP Pro/Vista/Windows 7

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Web Server Software: Internet Information Service (IIS) Configured for ASP.NET Web Pages

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Machine Architecture: Intel

* - If using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition you will not be able to use more than 4GB of RAM. Use this hyperlink to go to the Microsoft "Comparison of Windows Server 2003 Editions"

Database Servers

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Operating System: Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7

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Machine Architecture: Intel

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Database Software: SQLServer 2000/2005/2008 (including all Express versions)

Number of Users   CPU   Memory (RAM)   Disk Size and Type    

NOTE: For large applications or long term data storage SANS Data Servers are highly recommended.
* - If using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition you will not be able to use more than 4GB of RAM. Use this hyperlink to go to the Microsoft "Comparison of Windows Server 2003 Editions"


A Note On Network Connectivity
User interaction with the server is governed by normal networking methodology and is beyond the scope of this document, but requirements are similar to any application where sufficient bandwidth is necessary to support the expected user load on the server. Installations with expected high network usage for user connectivity may need multiple network connections and high speed networks.
A minimum of a 100Base-T connection between the application and database servers for installations of 150 or more users is required. In congested networks a dedicated network connection between the database server and application servers is highly recommended.

Minimum Requirements Workstation/Stand Alone/WebAcqurie Installations.

The LYNX Enterprise Digital Photo Management System requires the following minimum requirements:
IBM PC or compatible, Pentium III, 1.6 GHz or greater (Pentium 4, 2 GHz or higher recommended).
Microsoft Windows XP/XP Pro/Vista/7 or Windows NT 4/Windows 2000/Windows 2000 Pro/Windows 2000 Server/Windows 2003 Server
1 Gig of memory (4 Gig or higher highly recommended).
250 Gigabyte free hard disk space minimum. Adequate free hard disk space must be available for your images. Space required for images will depend on camera model/resolution, compression, quantity, etc.
2x CD-ROM (not required if application is downloaded)
Super VGA card, 16-bit or higher.
Microsoft SQL Server (i.e. SQL Server 2005 Express (free), SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000)
Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 (This component is part of the Windows operating systems, if you don't already have .NET you can download free from Microsoft or LYNXPM.)
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) version 2.7 or higher (This component is part of the Windows operating systems, if you don't already have MDAC you can download free from Microsoft or LYNXPM.)


Minimum Requirements Web Application:
Any PC/Netbook/laptop/server/mobile phone/device, etc. with internet connection and a web browser.

Please feel free to call us for specific hardware/software requirements or recommendations.