To best support Ephesoft Transact’s features and functionalities, the following hardware and installation practices are recommended.
Installing and Upgrading
Best practices for installation are as follow:
- Install the Transact Application, Application Database(s), and the File Server (NAS/SAN), on three (3) independent servers.
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- Allows for future growth with limited downtime
- Increases performance by offloading resources to dedicated environments
- Install Ephesoft Transact on a directory other than the root (C:) directory.
- Once installed, Anti-Virus Real-Time scanning must be disabled for all Ephesoft folders.
- Prior to upgrading, ensure that all Ephesoft-related directories and databases have been backed up.
Additional recommendations for installation or upgrade:
- Unrestricted Service Account with full Local Admin rights
- New clean server equipment or Virtual Machine(s)
- Ephesoft Folder
- Shared Folders
- Import Paths
- Export Paths
- System Temp Folder
Server
- Minimum Four (4) Core CPU
- 2GHz Clock speed or higher
- Two (2) GB RAM per Core minimum
- One (1) NIC – One (1) Gbps minimum
- 100 GB minimum local hard drives (Root and Partition where the application is installed)
NAS/SAN
- SSD-based high I/O Server Cluster
- RAID 10 for increased performance
Database
- Four (4) Core CPU
- Sixteen (16) GB or more RAM
- One (1) NIC – One (1) Gbps minimum
- Ephesoft Transact Application DB: (Twenty) 20GB
- Report DB: (Twenty) 20GB
- Report Archive DB: (Twenty) 20GB
Note: MariaDB and MySQL must be set to use a case insensitive collation (i.e. SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS)
Disclaimer for Virtual Machine (VM) Technology
- Virtual cores should not exceed the number of physical cores on the native machine.
- VMs should be static machines. Replicating or moving VMs that are running is not recommended.
- Two (2) Core Reservation for the VM server running Ephesoft Transact is recommended.
Client Workstation
- Four (4) Core CPU
- 2Ghz Clock speed or higher
- Four (4) GB RAM
- One (1) NIC – One (1) Gbps
- 100 GB HDD