System requirements for the report server

The report server for Rational® Common Reporting is a Web application server that provides a Web interface for managing and running the reports. It can be configured to interface with the data warehouse to provide the necessary data for rendering the reports. It stores the reports, along with data source information, server, and user preferences in a database called the content store.

The Rational Common Reporting report server can run in other environments, but only the following environments are recommended:

Item Requirements and guidelines
Hardware
  • 2 - 4 CPU with 4 - 8 GB RAM and 10 GB or more of hard disk space. More memory generally improves performance; required memory depends on the number of concurrent users, amount of data being requested, and the size of the database
  • Optimum swap space is double the physical memory
  • Display monitor with at least 1024 x 768 color resolution using 256 colors
  • Microsoft® mouse or compatible pointing device
Platforms
  • Microsoft Windows® 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition Revision 2 with Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Windows 2008 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 5 GA with Update 1
Web browsers
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
  • Firefox 2.0 and its upgrades
Network
  • 10/100M Ethernet card with IPv4 or IPv6 protocol
  • 10/100M Ethernet card with IPv4 and IPv6 protocol
  • Network connection to connect to a remote database or ETL machine

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