Server requirements¶
- Server requirements
- Hardware:
- Software:
- Software required by our server applications:
- World server:
- VastSocial and/or VastEvents server
- VastServices server:
- Database server
- Related links:
- Comments
Hardware:¶
Minimum: 1 multicore physical server with a 100 base networking card and connection.
Recommended:
For live deployments, we recommend three physical machines as a minimum, though virtual machines can be used for testing purposes:- World Server: One machine for the world server (should be multi core) - See our recommendation
- VastServices/Web server: At least one machine for the web application server to host the VastServices platform for the web services and host the Web platform for TeamFlex and any other related websites
- Database server: One machine to be the database server
Even on smaller deployments we recommend against running virtual machines unless they are hyper virtualized (Hyper V). Without a hyper V environment, each virtual machine will be virtualized in software and likely only receive a single core. The other reason is that the sole purpose of distributing a N-tier architecture is to offload traffic. If it is running on a non-Hyper V VM, it’s not really a N-tier deployment.
Gigabit network card and fast network connection for each tier of the architecture.
You can virtualize the solution and run it on cloud services such as Amazon EC2. We can provide services to help you do this if required though we still recommend dedicated hardware.
Software:¶
- Strongly recommended: Windows Server 2008 R2 (Minimum: Windows Server 2003)
- .NET 4 (4.0 application pool)
- Suggested: Use the .Net 4 Standalone Installer
Software required by our server applications:¶
World server:¶
- None
VastSocial and/or VastEvents server¶
- IIS 7.5 (Minimum: IIS 6. Note: We don't support v6 without a special support contract)
- MVC3
VastServices server:¶
- IIS (Same as Web server requirement)
- Note that there is a conflict with WebDAV at this time, so WebDAV should be uninstalled.
Database server¶
- SQL Server 2008 64bit (Minimum: SQL Server 2005 Express)
- We recommend at least Microsoft SQL Server 2005 standard edition as the Express edition does not make use of multi-core/cpu environments
- No database software is required for the Developer and Lite editions of the WorldServer
Related links:¶
Please note this information is a WIP and subject to change
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Added by Joshua Hayes over 1 year ago
Updated software list =>.NET 4 component. This is required. It was listed as recommended.