The report server for Rational® Common Reporting 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 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 Common Reporting report server can run in other environments,
but only the following environments are recommended:
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Requirements and guidelines |
Hardware |
- 2 - 4 CPU with 4 - 8 GB RAM and 10 GB or more of hard disk space.
More memory generally improves performance; required memory depends
on the number of concurrent users, amount of data being requested,
and the size of the database
- Optimum swap space is double the physical memory
- Display monitor with at least 1024 x 768 color resolution using
256 colors
- Microsoft® mouse or
compatible pointing device
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Platforms |
- Microsoft Windows® 2003 Standard Edition,
Enterprise Edition Revision 2 with Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows 2008 Standard Edition,
Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 5 GA with Update 1
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Web browsers |
- Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6.0 or later
- Firefox 2.0 and its upgrades
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Network |
- 10/100M Ethernet card with IPv4 or IPv6 protocol
- 10/100M Ethernet card with IPv4 and IPv6 protocol
- Network connection to connect to a remote database or ETL machine
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