Websphere Portal Server 6.0 Installation. Part 2
CategoryHardware and OS Requirements
Ok... Hopefully you have read this post and have the software available.; Now we are onto Hardware requirements for installation. Now, I am working off the Windows OS platform. Sorry for all the .NIX pundits out there. Will try to get one done for you lot in due course.
Here are the recommended minimum requirements for WPS
DISK SPACE:
You need to ensure the system temp directory has adequate disk space ASWELL as disk space for the installed files themselves.
Disk space for WPS (This includes the REQUIRED Websphere application server and Cloudscape) : 3.9GB
Disk space for temp folder : 1.5GB
Ensure the disks are fast... the faster the better.
RAM:
It WILL run on 1GB RAM... slowly. IBM Recommends 4GB RAM for a production system. For example, I am running WPS on my laptop in a VM Image with 1GB assigned (it is not fast).
SWAP FILE:
Double your RAM
NETWORK:
Obviously WPS requires an IP address. Try not to change this after installation. Although WPS is ok with changing IP addresses... it can cause you headaches.
NAME:
WPS server REQUIRES a fully qualified name for the install. For example, I will be using http://portal.demo.local for the SNTT posts. DO NOT change the name of the WPS server after install. It most definately does not like that.
PLATFORM:
WPS will run on Win2k server (SP4) or 2003 server (32bit only supported). Bear in mind that WPS will run on XP SP1 or SP2. This is not supported for production though.
Next post is on preparing the Windows OS for the install
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