Specifications

Server hardware requirements
Agilent has optimized the perfor-
mance of a ChemStation Plus
client/server system to an average
of 30 “concurrent” Agilent
ChemStation/Agilent ChemStore
Review clients, where concurrent
clients are defined as clients con-
nected to the central ChemStore
C/S data organization system, that
actively either spool data to the
database or perform interactive
queries (review client). Due to the
nature of the application the
impact of data retrieval is higher as
this requires direct access to the
database, while during acquisition
the spooler is able to buffer data,
thus ensuring a secure transfer in
case of a network failure, for exam-
ple. So the optimum number of
concurrent clients might vary
depending on the work practice in
the laboratory. Depending on the
combination of 2D/3D instruments,
a typical high-end configuration
can thus grow to approximately 30
acquisition clients with a maximum
of 90 instruments. It is therefore
recommended to use a high speed
dual processor system with suffi-
cient RAM.
The minimum requirements for the
server in a Client/Server installa-
tion are the following:
• 600-MHz Pentium III processor
• 512 MB RAM
• RAID SCSI controller
• 6 disk drives - 9 GB or larger–
2 drives configured as a mirror
set and 4 drives configured as a
RAID-5 array
• Tape Device
• Uninterruptable Powersupply
(UPS)
Note:
The drive configuration yields one
mirrored partition for the operat-
ing system and application soft-
ware, and one large array for the
database files.
Server hardware considera-
tions
The hardware requirements of the
Agilent ChemStore C/S server will
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2. Agilent ChemStore C/S server
Oracle
®
database system
Client hardware requirements
The following list shows the mini-
mum requirements for the client in
a client/server installation.
• 400-MHz Pentium II (Pentium
IV recommend)
• 4 GByte of free hard disk space
• 96 MB RAM for single Chem-
Station instrument. 128 MB is
recommended for best perfor-
mance, for Windows 2000 the
minimum requirement is
128 MB.
• 128 MB RAM for two Chem-
Station instruments (256 MB or
more is recommended for best
performance)
• Display: 1024 × 768; small fonts;
65-thousand colors
Client software requirements
• Windows NT Workstation 4.0
with Service Pack 6a or
Windows 2000 Professional
with Service Pack 2
• Microsoft TCP/IP protocol
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
4.01 or later
• Microsoft data access compo-
nents (MDAC) 2.5 will be
installed on your system. If you
already use a later version of
MDAC, or require for compatibil-
ity reasons a previous version,
please contact your Agilent sup-
port representative for compati-
bility information.
• Oracle 8i client version 8.1.7
(included with the ChemStore
C/S server software)
• Agilent ChemStation version
A.09.03 or higher (optional)
• A local or network printer must
be installed and configured.
Entry level Standard level Highend level
No. of concurrent review clients 1-5 1-15 > 15
Processor speed (GHz) 1 1 1
Number of processors 1 1 2
RAM (MB) 512 1024 2048
Number of RAID controllers 1 2 2
Disks for operating system 2 × 18 GB RAID 1 2 × 18 GB RAID 1 2 × 18 GB RAID 1
(Controller 1) (Controller 1)
Disks for Oracle database 3 × 18 GB RAID 5 5 × 18 GB RAID 5 5 × 36 GB RAID 5, (Oracle
RAID 5 (Controller 2) Data, Contoller 2)
2 × 18 GB RAID 1 (Index
Log Files, Rollback Seg-
ments, Controller 1)
Hot swappable drives yes yes yes
Backup device DAT/DLT tape drive DAT/DLT tape drive DAT/DLT tape drive
UPS yes yes yes
Table 2
Recommended server configurations for Agilent ChemStore C/S