Meridian Enterprise Server system requirements

The hardware requirements for Meridian Enterprise Server are primarily dependent on the amount of rendering that takes place. We recommend a dedicated processor with dedicated processor time for the best results. It is important that the rendering server conforms to at least the minimum hardware requirements of the applications that are used to render the documents.

The software used by the rendering modules or system links on the Meridian Enterprise Server computer may interfere with BlueCielo Publisher. Therefore, for high-volume use, we recommend a dedicated computer for Publisher so that the applications that are invoked by the rendering modules and system links do not run while a publishing job is active. If additional applications are installed, those application requirements are in addition to those of Meridian Enterprise Server. In all cases where multiple components are hosted on the same computer, the system requirements of all components must be met and, between similar requirements, the greater requirement applies.

The Meridian Enterprise server hosting the vaults to be synchronized with the Meridian Explorer repository must meet the Meridian Enterprise system requirements, which can be found in the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide for each version of Meridian Enterprise.

The computer where Meridian Enterprise Server is installed must meet the following minimum requirements. Additional requirements might apply depending on the system links and rendering modules that will be used.

Note    The Meridian Enterprise application server should not be used to host Meridian Enterprise Server. Meridian Enterprise Server processing, particularly rendering that can happen at any time, requires significant system resources and can degrade performance for Meridian Enterprise users to unacceptable levels. Instead, a dedicated computer should be used so that Meridian Enterprise Server processing will not interfere with the source or destination system processes.

• Intel® Core CPU 2.0 GHz or higher
• 4 GB RAM or more
• One of the Windows Server operating systems (with latest Service Pack) listed in the Supported Software document for this release of the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise product suite.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 (all cluster nodes)
• Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation
• Windows Process Activation service
• Windows Identity Foundation (for cloud-hosted Microsoft SharePoint destinations only. The Meridian Enterprise Server computer must also meet WIF system requirements. To download, see Windows Identity Foundation in the Microsoft Download Center.)

• Meridian Enterprise client software

  Note    We recommend that the PowerUser client be installed to ensure that all required components are installed. These components are required to be installed if the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise system link is used. On 64-bit computers, install the 64-bit client software.

• DCOM access to the Meridian Enterprise application server
• Internet Information Services 7 or higher with the following components installed and enabled (web server only):
• Windows Authentication service
• ASP.NET 4.5
• Static Content
• OLE DB access to an existing SQL Server or Oracle database server that will host the Meridian Enterprise Server databases. If Oracle will be used, the Oracle client software must be installed. Install the same bit-wise version as the operating system.

Notes

• Additional software may be required by the various rendering modules as described in the Understanding the additional requirements.
• We do not recommend running Publisher with rendering modules on the source or destination document management systems servers.