Report server requirements

The report server for IBM® Rational® Insight 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 or the data services 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 Insight report server can run in other environments but for optimum performance, consider the following environments:

Item Requirements and guidelines
Hardware
  • Processor

    Minimum: Pentium® 4 2Ghz; Optimum: Dual Core 2+Gh

  • Memory

    Minimum: 2 GB; Optimum: 4 GB or more

  • Free hard disk space

    Minimum: 3 GB; Optimum: 10 GB

  • Display monitor with at least 1024 x 768 color resolution using 256 colors
  • Microsoft® mouse or compatible pointing device
Platforms
  • Microsoft Windows® Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 5 GA with Update 1
Application server

IBM WebSphere® Application Server 6.1.0.21

Web browsers
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
  • Firefox 2.0 and its upgrades
Network
  • 10/100M Ethernet card with IPv4 protocol. Optionally, IPv6 protocol
  • Network connection to connect to a remote database or ETL system

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