e/pop Hardware & Software Requirements
Technote: Q00013
Last Reviewed:
April, 2005
The information in this article applies to:
All e/pop 3.x Clients
e/pop 3.x Server Software
Summary
These are recommended requirements. Your specific environment may differ.
e/pop Client Requirements
*
e/pop Client
*
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4 (SP3 or higher), 2000 & XP
*
8 MB RAM (64 MB RAM recommended)
*
Pentium or better (PII recommened)
*
Network card
*
TCP/IP
e/pop Server
Requirements
(minimum
requirements)
Note: Please
refer to the
e/pop Admin
Guide for
server
requirements
greater then
50 users.
*
e/pop Server
*
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4 (SP3 or higher), 2000 & XP (Server class OS - NT4 w/SP3, 2000
(SP1), or
2003 recommended)
* 128 MB RAM
of free
memory -
(256 MB or
higher recommended)
*
Pentium II 400 MHz or better (PIII-750 or higher recommended)
*
Network card (100 Mbit or higher recommended)
*
TCP/IP (Static IP address, Host name or fully qualified domain name highly
recommended)
Note:
WiredRed
will not
support
customers if
the e/pop
server is
set up to run
in a VMWare
or Virtual
PC session
in a
production
environment.
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Formula to
measure the
general
requirements
for an e/pop
server.
Here is the
determination:
- 2.4 MB RAM
when e/pop
server is
active.
- 150K per
user
connection.
- Approx 100
MB of data
storage
(minimum).
A single
Pentium III
700 mhz
server w/256
MB RAM will
typically
support up
to 250 e/pop
users.
In a lab
test on a
dual 1.4 GHz
CPU
processor
computer
with 1 gig
of RAM
running
Windows 2000
Advance
Server, the
e/pop server
was able to
supported as
many as 3000
connected
users. This
is the
maximum
number of
users the
e/pop server
can support
because of
the
limitation
of the
Windows
operating
system.
Note:
The 3000
user count
per e/pop
server,
however, may
not be
practical in
a real world
situation
because
there are
network
conditions,
like network
latency and
packet loss,
that will
affect this
figure. To
detemine the
true number,
customer
should
follow the
steps laid
out in the
network
evaluation
document or
not exceed
1500 users
per e/pop
server if
the customer
decides not
to move
forward with
the network
evaluation.
If you have
any further
questions,
please
submit a
technical
support
request at
http://www.wiredred.com/epop_contact_support.html
or call
+1.858.715.0970
8am-5pm US
Pacific Time
(GMT -8).
Contact WiredRed
Please contact WiredRed Support if you have specific hardware/software questions or to receive a copy of our Pre-Deployment Guide - Keys for a Successful e/pop Installation.
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