| TIBCO Spotfire Server 3.1
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| Category |
Requirement |
| Operating System |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
Fedora Linux 10
NOTE: All operating systems must be installed by the customer prior to Spotfire software installation.
NOTE: Both 32- and 64-bit versions of the Operating Systems are supported.
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| Processor |
For Windows: Intel Pentium 4, 2 GHz or higher
For Sun Solaris: UltraSparc IIIi, 1 GHz or higher
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| RAM |
4 GB recommended (2 GB minimum)
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| Hard disk space |
1 GB of free space to complete installation
500 MB for base server software to execute
Recommended 10 GB or greater when TIBCO Spotfire Server 3.1 is configured with database on the same machine.
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| Spotfire Server Database |
Oracle:
Oracle11g Release 2 (11.2.0.x)
Oracle11g Release 1 (11.1.0.x)
Oracle10g Release 2 (10.2.0.x)
Oracle10g Release 1 (10.1.0.x)
Oracle10g XE (Not recommended - for non-production environments only **)
Microsoft SQL Server:
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (Enterprise, Workgroup or Standard)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 or higher (Enterprise, Workgroup or Standard)
NOTE: ** Oracle10g XE is supported for use in non-production environments (like evaluation, test or development) but for production environments, Spotfire strongly recommends using one of the recommended database engines listed above.
Please note that there are numerous known limitations when using Oracle XE instead of one of the recommended database types, such as:
- a 4GB limit is enforced on disk space (which will e.g. limit the amount of data that can be stored in the Spotfire Library)
- it can only address 1GB of RAM
- it can only use one CPU
- Oracle bugs that can cause Spotfire server migrations to fail (workaround documented in manual)
- Spotfire Server startup issues after reboot when Oracle XE is installed on the same machine (caused by Oracle TNS Listener). It is recommended to install Oracle XE on a separate machine
NOTE: Please note that the Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server database is third-party software that must be installed by the customer prior to the Spotfire software installation.
NOTE: The TIBCO Spotfire Server installation requires two database schemas to be created. These schemas together require minimum 512 MB - there is no upper limit for the size, unless restricted by database limitations.
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| Tested Information Services Data Sources |
Oracle11g Release 2 (11.2.0.x)
Oracle11g Release 1 (11.1.0.x)
Oracle10g Release 2 (10.2.0.x)
Oracle10g Release 1 (10.1.0.x)
Oracle10g XE
Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2.0.x)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 or higher
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
MySQL 5.x
DB2 8.1.2.169
DB2 9.x
Teradata Ver. 2 Rel. 5.1
Sybase ASE 15.0 Express
TIBCO Spotfire Application Data Services
NOTE: Please note that the databases are third-party software - not bundled with the Spotfire software installation.
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| Tested JDBC Drivers |
Oracle:
Oracle 11g JDBC Thin Driver, ojdbc6.jar for use with JDK 1.6
DataDirect v4.1 Oracle JDBC Driver
Microsoft SQL Server:
Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver 1.2
Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver 2.0
DataDirect v4.1 SQL Server JDBC Driver
jTDS v1.2.2
MySQL:
MySQL Connector/J 5.1
DataDirect v4.1 MySQL JDBC Driver
DB2:
IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ, version 3.50.152
DataDirect v4.1 DB2 JDBC Driver
Sybase:
Sybase JConnect, version 6.05
DataDirect v4.1 Sybase JDBC Driver
jTDS v1.2.2
Teradata:
Teradata JDBC Driver 13.0.0.3
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| Authentication Method |
One of following:
LDAP (e.g. Microsoft Active Directory, Sun Java System Directory Server)
Kerberos v5 for Active Directory
NTLM v.1
Microsoft Windows NT Domain
Database Table (Spotfire Server used to both manage and store usernames and passwords)
Custom JAAS modules using username/password credentials
X.509 client certificates (limited to one certificate per CA per Windows profile)
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| Installation Privileges on Windows |
TIBCO Spotfire Server 3.1 must be installed under a Windows user account with full administrative privileges.
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| Locale |
The server should run in an English (United States) language setting. |
| Administration Client Web Browser |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
Mozilla Firefox 3
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| Performance Recommendations for Library Service Usage |
Database instance to be on a separate machine from TIBCO Spotfire Server machine.
2 GB instance for a Library Service with 100 users.
With 100 licensed users of Library Service, Spotfire recommends a server fulfilling the minimal TIBCO Spotfire Server system requirements.
With 1000 licensed users of Library Service, Spotfire recommends the following basic configurations:
- Windows Architecture: A 4 core server with 4GB RAM
- Solaris Architecture: A 4 core UltraSPARC IIIi or UltraSPARC IV/IV+ system, or an eight core UltraSPARC T1 system, with 8GB RAM
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| VMWare (Optional) |
TIBCO Spotfire Server can be run on VMWare Server 1.0.3 or higher
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| Load Balancer (Optional) |
Load balancing Spotfire Servers can be achieved using Apache httpd with the mod_jk module enabled. This solution is fully tested (using Apache httpd v2.2.14 and mod_jk v1.2.28) and recommended. It is also possible to use a different load balancing solution, as long as it supports session affinity, which ensures that a client communicates with the same server for the duration of the session.
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