Site cache server requirements

The system requirements for a Enterprise Server site cache server are intentionally minimal to make it easy to deploy site caches on existing hardware resources:

• A web server at the remote site with one of the Internet Information Services versions installed that are listed in the Supported Software document for this release of Meridian Enterprise.

  These are the minimum role services must be installed for proper operation:

  • IIS > Web Server > Common HTTP Features > Static Content
  • IIS > Web Server > Common HTTP Features > HTTP Redirect
  • IIS > Web Server > Security > Windows Authentication
  • .NET Framework 4.5 > ASP.NET 4.5
  • .NET Framework 4.5 > WCF Services > HTTP Activation
  Note    

  • HTTP Secure (HTTPS) is supported by configuring the BCSiteCache and BCSiteCacheClient web applications as described in Configuring HTTPS.
  • If the Request Filtering feature option Allow unlisted file name extensions is disabled in IIS Manager, the following file extensions must be added to the File Name Extensions list and allowed: .dll,.gif,.png,.js,.css.
• Adequate free disk space for the cached documents and metadata. The amount depends on the size of the document collections that are cached.
• The site cache component requires that a Site Cache Server license (part number contains M--SCH) be registered in the BlueCielo License Server if the component is not installed on the same computer as Meridian Enterprise Server.
• In environments with multiple Meridian Enterprise Server servers, all repositories must have unique names.
• The connections between the Meridian Enterprise EDM servers and the Meridian Enterprise Server servers must specify a UPN as described in the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide. We highly recommend that all Meridian Enterprise services and web applications run under the same system account, which can be specified during installation.
• Bi-directional network communications between the site cache server and the Meridian Enterprise Server computers where it is registered.