With Microsoft Excel™ and Web browser front-end options, industry standard RDBMS back-end options (Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2/400, Informix, Sybase, etc.), and two-tier and three-tier deployment variations, CONTROL®'s design and implementation provide enterprises with optimal integration, scalability, performance and flexibility.

CONTROL® deployment architectures and system requirements are shown below. Please note that hardware requirements vary by deployment strategy.

CONTROL® 2-Tier Architecture Minimum Requirements

Type of Installation

Hardware

Operating System

Software

SQL Database Client Software

Disk Space

Excel Client *

256 MB of RAM Pentium /300 CPU

Windows NT or 2000 Windows XP

Excel 97/2000/XP/2003 (97 must be SR2 or later) (2000 must be SP3 or later)

Yes

30 MB

300 MB of RAM Pentium/300 CPU

Windows XP

Browser Client

Depends on hardware platform. 64 MB of RAM Pentium /200 CPU for Windows

Any

Internet Explorer (preferably version 5 or later)

No

0 MB

Web Server **

512 MB of RAM Pentium/500 CPU

Windows NT, 2000 or 2003

IIS 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0 Microsoft .Net Framework 1.0.3705 or greater

Yes

100 MB

CONTROL® 3-Tier Architecture Minimum Requirements

Type of Installation

Hardware

Operating System

Software

SQL Database Client Software

Disk Space

Excel Client

128 MB of RAM Pentium/300 CPU

Windows NT or 2000 Windows XP

Excel 97/2000/XP/2003 (97 must be SR2 or later) (2000 must be SP3 or later)

No

30 MB

256 MB of RAM Pentium/300 CPU

Windows XP

Browser Client

Depends on hardware platform. 64 MB of RAM Pentium/200 CPU for Windows

Any

Internet Explorer (preferably version 5 or later)

No

0 MB

Application Server **

512 MB of RAM Pentium/500 CPU

Windows NT or 2000

Yes

100 MB

Web Server **

1GB of RAM Pentium/500 CPU

Windows NT, 2000 or 2003

IIS 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0 Microsoft .Net Framework 1.0.3705 or greater

No

100 MB

CONTROL® 3-Tier Combined Architecture Minimum Requirements

Type of Installation

Hardware

Operating System

Software

SQL Database Client Software

Disk Space

Excel Client

128 MB of RAM Pentium/300 CPU

Windows NT or 2000 Windows XP

Excel 97/2000/XP/2003 (97 must be SR2 or later) (2000 must be SP3 or later)

No

30 MB

256 MB of RAM Pentium/300 CPU

Windows XP

Browser Client

Depends on hardware platform. 64 MB of RAM Pentium/200 CPU for Windows

Any

Internet Explorer (preferably version 5 or later)

No

0 MB

Combined Application & Web Server **

2 GB of RAM Pentium/700 CPU

Windows NT, 2000 or 2003

IIS 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0 Microsoft .Net Framework 1.0.3705 or greater

Yes

150 MB

* Memory requirements vary depending on the required dimensionality and the data volumes. The numbers shown are guidelines only.

** Server sizing is approximated. Actual requirements may vary, depending on the scope and dimensionality of the CONTROL® application, the number of concurrent users, data volume, etc.