Summary of Project.net 8.2 Deployment Requirements

The following lists the recommended hardware and software for Project.net. A modern single-CPU system acting as both an application and database server will handle 150 to 200 users with typical usage patterns: five to ten percent of users logged in and less than a dozen simultaneous schedule recalculations.

The capacity of this system can be increased to between 450 to 500 users if it is equipped with dual CPUs and a fast hard drive . More than this requires separate servers, with dual CPUs on the application server and a fast hard drive on the database server.

Web Browser

  • Tested on Linux, Windows or OS X with:
    • Microsoft IE 6.0 SP2, 7.0
    • Firefox 2.0.0.3
    • Apple Safari 2.0.3
  • Should work with:
    • Microsoft IE 5.5 or higher
    • Firefox 2.0
    • Netscape 7.2 or higher
    • Opera 8.0 or higher
    • Apple Safari 2.0 or higher

Application Server

  • Either operating system
    • BEA WebLogic Express 8.1 SP6
      • Free BEA WebLogic 8.1 Express available from http://commerce.bea.com/showallversions.jsp?family=WLS (free BEA developer registration required). Make sure to download "WebLogic Server Package Installer" for "WebLogic Server/Express 8.1 with SP6", selecting the operating system used on your application server.
    • Java 1.4.2
    • System Memory: 2 GB RAM
      • Recommend 4 GB RAM, if system serves as both application and database server.
  • Linux
    • Should run on any Linux server distribution supported by BEA WebLogic and Oracle database.
    • Known to work on:
      • Red Hat EL 4
      • Fedora Core 2-5
      • Debian 3.1
      • Solaris 9 (Unix)
    • File Sharing Software, if document vault storage not located on the application server machine
      • Samba
      • NFS
  • Windows
    • Known to work on:
      • Windows 2000 Server
      • Windows 2003 Server
      • Windows XP Pro
    • File Sharing Software
      • not required

Database Server

  • Either operating system
    • Oracle 9i (9.2)
      • Standard Edition
    • Oracle 10g (10.2)
      • Express Edition
      • Standard Edition
      • Enterprise Edition
    • 5GB minimum of hard drive space free for database tables
      • Recommend 10,000 to 15,000 RPM hard drive or faster
    • 2 GB RAM
      • Recommend 4 GB RAM, if system serves as both application and database server.

Web Server

  • Either operating system
    • Required if using WebLogic application server, optional when using Tomcat
    • DNS Entry for web server
    • Open firewall ports for access to web server
  • Linux
    • Apache 1.3 or 2.0
  • Windows
    • Apache 1.3 or 2.0
    • Microsoft IIS 5.0 or 6.0

Documentation Vault File Server

  • Required if document vault file storage is not hosted on the Application Server machine
  • Share created and mounted

SMTP Mail Server

  • Must have relaying enabled for application server outbound email
  • A Project.net user who is authorized to send mail for Project.net application

Windows Compatibility Machine (optional)

  • Linux
    • Required to import Microsoft Project files
    • OS Options:
      • Windows 2000 Server
      • Windows 2003 Server
      • Windows XP
    • Operating System Users
      • "ESJobServer" user
      • "ESJobClient" user
    • Microsoft Jet database
      • Included with Microsoft server operating systems
      • Jet 4.0 can be freely downloaded from Microsoft for all other Microsoft operating systems.
    • File sharing
      • Share created for Application Server
      • EasySoft JDBC-ODBC bridge driver
  • Windows
    • not needed

LDAP Server (optional)

  • Linux
    • Directory Server with LDAP v2 or v3 support
  • Windows
    • ActiveDirectory or other Directory Server with LDAP v2 or v3 support