Systems Requirements
Quadstone System analysis servers
The Quadstone
System is a client-server application, with the following platforms
supported as the analysis server compute engine:
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Sun Microsystems Sparc platforms running Solaris 9 and Solaris 10, including Sun Enterprise series servers.
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Intel x86-based
server systems running Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 (64-bit).
The Quadstone System
runs as a multi-threaded, 64-bit application on 64-bit operating systems on the above
platforms.
Server memory and disk space use depends on the number of users and
the size of datasets being analyzed. Disk space use will also depend
on the number of concurrent projects being run. The Quadstone
System is designed to make best use of the computing resources
provided: increased performance will be noticed with more powerful
system configurations. Detailed sizing can be obtained from Quadstone System Support.
Quadstone System clients
The client end of the Quadstone System supports user interaction
with the application from the users desktop. The following are the
client machine requirements:
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Operating Systems: The client platforms supported
are Intel-based PCs running:
- Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 2 requires
appropriate system configuration: details can be obtained from Quadstone System Support)
- Microsoft Windows Vista (including 64-bit)
- Citrix Metaframe XP (suitably configured for the
following per user client requirements)
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Memory & Disk: Minimum of 512Mb main memory, 100Mb
hard disk space (this includes the 3rd party software
listed below).
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Graphics card: Supporting resolution of at least 1024x768,
65,536 colors and OpenGL support. The minimum graphics card memory is
16Mb for desktop machines and 8Mb for laptops. The Quadstone System
is a highly interactive and visual application: increased performance
will be noticed with more powerful graphics cards.
The following graphics cards are known to work with the Quadstone System:
- Intel 82845G/GL
- Intel 82810E
- ATI Rage XL
- ATI Rage Compatibles
- Radeon Mobility 7500 with driver version 5.1.2600.0
The following graphics cards have shown problems when working with the
Quadstone System. Most of the problems are minor, but it is worth
checking with Quadstone System Support:
- Matrox Millenium G200/G450
- Matrox MGA G200 AGP
- Radeon Mobility 7500 with driver version 6.14.1.692
- ATI Rage Mobility 3/4/AGP
A full list of
supported graphics cards is available from Quadstone System
Support.
Quadstone System desktop version
This is a standalone version of the the Quadstone System which supports user interaction and all analytical processing from the users desktop. The following are the
desktop machine requirements:
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Operating Systems: The client platforms supported
are Intel-based PCs running:
- Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 2 requires
appropriate system configuration: details can be obtained from Quadstone System Support)
- Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit only)
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Memory & Disk: Minimum of 1Gb main memory, 100Mb
hard disk space (this includes the 3rd party software
listed below).
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Graphics card: Supporting resolution of at least 1024x768,
65,536 colors and OpenGL support. The minimum graphics card memory is
16Mb for desktop machines and 8Mb for laptops. The Quadstone System
is a highly interactive and visual application: increased performance
will be noticed with more powerful graphics cards.
Quadstone System database interfaces
For data extract and write-back, the Quadstone System supports
efficient ODBC interfaces between the analysis server and an
's RDBMS, data mart or data warehouse. The following
databases are supported, typically hosted on a separate database server
machine:
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Oracle: versions 9 and 10 are supported,
hosted on any Oracle supported platform. Oracle connections are
supported from any Quadstone System server platform.
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NCR Teradata: versions V2R6, hosted on any NCR
Teradata supported platform. Teradata connections are supported from
any Quadstone System server platform.
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Microsoft SQL Server: version 2000 and 2005 are supported,
hosted on Windows servers. SQL Server connections are supported from
Windows 2003 Server Quadstone System analysis servers or from
any UNIX server platforms with a suitable ODBC driver.
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Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise: version 11.9.2 is supported,
hosted on Solaris servers. Sybase ASE connections are
supported from Solaris Quadstone System server platform.
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IBM DB2 UDB: Version 7.1 and 8.1 are supported, hosted on Windows and
Solaris platforms. DB2 connections are
supported from Solaris and Windows 2003 Quadstone System
analysis servers.
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ODBC: version 3.51 supported from all Quadstone System server
platforms to databases with appropriate native client ODBC
drivers. Suitable ODBC drivers for all currently supported database
platforms are available from the database vendor or Quadstone. A
full list of supported ODBC drivers is available from Quadstone System Support.
The following drivers are recommended:
| Server |
Teradata |
Oracle |
SQL Server |
Sybase |
|
V2R6 |
9 |
10 |
2000 |
2005 |
ASE |
| Solaris 8, 9, 10 |
TTU 8.1 / 8.2 |
Oracle 10 |
Quadstone System |
| HP-UX 11i v2 |
TTU 8.1 / 8.2 |
Oracle 10 |
Quadstone System |
| Windows 2003 32-bit |
TTU 8.1 |
Oracle 10 |
SQL Server |
| Windows 2003 64-bit |
TTU 8.2 |
Oracle 10 |
Oracle 11 |
SQL Server |
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Statistical Datasets: direct access to the following data
formats: all versions of dBASE and compatible formats (including
Microsoft Excel (reading all versions through Excel 2007 and writing
Version 2.1 files), SAS (SAS 6 for Windows and Unix, SAS 7, 8 and 9,
common format for all platforms; uncompressed data only), SAS Transport,
SPSS for Windows and Unix (compressed and uncompressed files), SPSS
Portable. These data formats are available from all Quadstone System
analysis servers.
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Flat
File: extensive support for importing and exporting data in
ASCII flat file format (delimited and fixed-width) is provided.
Quadstone System client-server network
The client/server communication requires a standard TCP/IP network
connection. The Quadstone System client/server communication is not
currently supported through a firewall or a network address translation
device.
The analysis server/database connection is required to support a
batch refresh of data from the database server to the analysis server.
For significant dataset sizes (~10s Gbytes), high-bandwidth networks
are recommended (100 Mbits/s and above).
Self-Service Analytics web browser clients
The client end of Self-Service Analytics supports user interaction with
the application from the users desktop through a standard web
browser. The following browser is supported:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 6 and above)
All base level Self-Service Analytics functionality is available with no further
installation.
Viewing interactive 3D Quadstone Result Viewer Plugins requires Sun's
Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 and Java 3D 1.3 (OpenGL Version) for
Windows (auto-install available).
Publishing directly to Self-Service Analytics from Windows or from the Quadstone System Explorer requires Self-Service Analytics
publishing client add-ons.
Self-Service Analytics web server application servers
The Web Server Application server supports all the management of Self-Service Analytics and is supported on the following platforms:
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Intel x86-based
server systems running Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 (64-bit).
A private copy of the Apache HTTP
Server, MySQL Database server
and PHP will be installed on the server
as part of the Self-Service Analytics installation.
Self-Service Analytics makes use of web services connections to a Quadstone
System analysis server to provide analytical results. These analysis
services are supported from the standard set of
Quadstone System server platforms.
Interaction Optimizer clients
The client end of Interaction Optimizer supports administration
of campaigns and reporting on results through a standard web
browser. The following browser is supported:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 6 and above)
All base level Interaction Optimizer functionality is available with no
further installation. Users with Microsoft Excel 2007 will have access
to extended features within Interaction Optimizer Monitor.
Interaction Optimizer servers
The Interaction Optimizer server supports all runtime requests for
interaction recommendations from external operational CRM systems,
as well as all of the administration of the campaigns and
interactions. It is supported on the following platform:
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Intel x86-based
server systems running Windows Server 2003.
Interaction Optimizer requires the following software to be installed:
Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft .Net Framework v1.1 SP1, Microsoft
IIS v6, MSXML v4 SP2 and MDAC v2.8 SP1.
Interaction Optimizer Monitor servers
The Interaction Optimizer Monitor server supports all the reporting
of results from Interaction Optimizer. It is supported on the following
platform:
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Intel x86-based
server systems running Windows Server 2003.
Interaction Optimizer Monitor requires the following software to be
installed: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft SQL Server
2005, Microsoft .Net Framework v1.1 SP1, Microsoft .Net Framework v2,
Microsoft .Net Framework v3, Microsoft IIS v6, MSXML v4 SP2, MSXML v6
SP2 and MDAC v2.8 SP1.
Please contact Quadstone for further details of your specific platform requirements.