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Minimum system requirements for MuseumPlus

With respect to MuseumPlus and eMuseumPlus, please note that additionally to the requirements listed below, the system requirements established by the manufacturers of the operating system and application software will be applied as well. For the operation with MuseumPlus and eMuseumPlus the most recent service packs and releases of the operating system and the application software have to be installed.

Architecture stand-alone installation

Workstation requirements

  • Windows XP (SP2 or higher) with at least 512 MB RAM
  • Windows Vista with at least 1 GB RAM, recommended 2 GB
  • at least 250 MB free hard disk space for the installation of MuseumPlus
  • hard disk space for the storage of digital images according to necessity
  • screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 with at least 16 bit color resolution
  • Microsoft Access XP (or higher) or Microsoft Access Runtime Installation (no licence fees charged)
  • optional: Microsoft Word XP (or higher) for extended reporting capabilities (serial letters, event management)

 Architecture client/server solution

Client requirements

  • Windows XP (SP2 or higher) with at least 512 MB RAM or
  • at least 250 MB free hard disk space for the installation of MuseumPlus
  • screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 with at least 16 bit color resolution
  • Microsoft Access Runtime (no licence fees charged)
  • optional: Microsoft Word XP (or higher) for extended reporting capabilities (serial letters, event management)

 Server requirements

Two conditions have to be fulfilled when using MuseumPlus in client/server environments:

  • A network share for central storage of multimedia data and documents used by several users (e.g. templates) has to be accessible from the Windows workstation either as network drive or UNC path
  • Central database with ODBC connection

Possible database systems for MuseumPlus

  • Microsoft SQL server 2000 (SP3a) or higher
  • Oracle 9i R2 or higher

For smaller environments

  • Microsoft SQL server 2005 or higher (no licence fees charged)
  • Oracle database 10g Express Edition or higher (no licence fees charged)

Alternative

  • Microsoft Access database on server used by several users, recommended up to a maximum of 5 users

Network requirements

  • Clients: Ethernet, at least 10 Mbit/s
  • Server: Ethernet, 10/100/1000 Mbit/s (depending on the number of clients)

 

 

Optional laptop synchronizer

Workstation requirements

  • The requirements for the stand-alone installation are applied
  • Network access with access to the central database and data storage unit for the purpose of data synchronization

Architecture terminal server solution

Terminal server requirements

  • Microsoft Windows terminal server 2003 or higher
  • optional: Citrix Metaframe XP presentation server FR3/SP4 or higher
  • Microsoft Access XP (or higher) or Microsoft Access Runtime (no licence fees charged)
  • optional: Microsoft Word XP (or higher) for extended reporting capabilities (e.g. serial letters, event management etc.)
  • at least 128 MB free RAM for each user in order to run MuseumPlus
  • at least 250 MB free hard disk space for the installation of MuseumPlus
  • screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 with at least 16 bit color resolution
  • hard disk space for digital images according to necessity
  • local access to database or access via network to the MuseumPlus database

Thin client requirements

  • Microsoft remote desktop connection client or Citrix ICA client
  • Windows XP, Windows Vista, MacOSX, Linux, etc.

Network requirements

  • recommended bandwith: at least 128 kbit/s per Thin client
  • optional: internet and/or VPN connection for access from external locations

 

 

Apple Computers

Apart from a terminal server solution for Apple computers, there also exists the possibility to run MuseumPlus according to the following configurations:

Dual Boot

  • Apple computer with Intel processor
  • MacOSX10.5 or higher with BootCamp
  • Windows installation (XP or Vista) on second partition according to stand-alone installation or client/server solution

Virtualization

  • Apple computer with Intel processor
  • MacOSX 10.4
  • virtualization software (e.g. VMWare Fusion, Parallels Desktop, etc.)
  • Windows installation (XP or Vista) on virtual machine according to stand-alone installation or client/server solution