Hardware Requirements and Configurations

Table 1 contains the hardware requirements for installation and use of this product. Note that the recommended amount of memory is only the suggested minimum amount. Additional memory may improve performance. Your memory requirements will also be larger if you are constructing larger models.

Table 1 Hardware Requirements 

Hardware Item	Recommendation	For
Memory	64 + (32 * N) MB of RAM (where N is the number of users running Rose simultaneously on a given workstation)	Use
Server	A midrange UNIX/Linux server or client UNIX/Linux workstation (Sun servers: Sparc Station 20 and above)	Use
Client	An AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, SGI IRIX, or Tru64 Unix workstation running the required operating system level as described in the following table under operating system software requirements. The UNIX/Linux workstation must be capable of displaying X Windows or a PC running eXceed version 6.1or higher to display X windows or for Rose on Linux x86, a PC running with Xfree and Xi Graphics X servers on Linux. It is recommended to use more than 256 colors in your graphics card/monitor configuration.	Use
Disk space	270 MB for loading release + 1-3 MB for each Rose model	Installation, Use
CD-ROM	Mounted as a UNIX/Linux file system	Installation
Display	Color display	Use

Your hardware can be configured in various ways. For example:

• A powerful, stand-alone, desktop workstation
• Moderately powerful desktop workstations with a central file server
• Less powerful desktop workstations with a central file server
• X-terminals with a powerful central file and compute server

This chapter describes the requirements for a single-user desktop workstation that you will use either stand-alone or with a file server that provides no support other than file service. The desktop workstation will run all Rose processes.

The alternative is to run all Rose processes on a remote compute server, redirecting the display to your local workstation or X-terminal. If the compute server is shared by several Rose users, it will need to be more powerful than a desktop workstation that supports only one Rose user.