Understanding system requirements for the Meridian server

There are numerous hardware configurations possible for the Meridian server, depending on how it will be used, and the database engine that is used. A server on which Meridian is running should be a dedicated server that is not used for any other purposes, such as a print server or running other applications.

The following Meridian application server components must be installed on the same server:

• AutoManager EDM Server service
• Optional BlueCielo File System (AMFS) service

The following components can also be run on the Meridian application server or on one or more separate servers, if required to improve scalability or performance.

• Optional SQL Server or Oracle database management systems. See the Supported Software document for this release of Meridian available from your BlueCielo ECM Solutions Solutions Partner or the BlueCielo ECM Solutions extranet.
• Optional Windows Indexing Service (for full-text searching)
• Optional Web Access (Internet Information Services)
• The BlueCielo License Server service

The optional SQL Server or Oracle database server can be either an existing server or new installations on the Meridian server (with adequate hardware resources). If a separate Oracle database server will be used, the Oracle client software must be installed on the Meridian application server. Both SQL Server and Oracle installations use the same cache used by the Hypertrieve database engine to improve performance, so the performance of each will be similar to Hypertrieve.

Warning    The computer name of the server on which you intend to install Meridian must not be more than 15 characters in length. This is because NETBIOS limits computer names to 15 characters maximum.

Servers with multiple processors can manage multiple vaults more efficiently, to reduce overall CPU loading.