# System Requirements

Ripplestone runs on the Microsoft platform using IIS and the .Net Framework. The following are the required and recommend hardware and software.

## Required Hardware and Software

- Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional
- IIS needs to be installed and activated (this is NOT the default setting for either Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Pro). IIS also needs to be installed before the .NET Framework or the .NET Framework will need to be re-registered with IIS
- 1 GB of RAM
- 1.6 GHz Processor
- .NET Framework version 1.1 (this will be installed by the Ripplestone install if not present)
- Crystal Reports Developer Edition (this is a license requirement of Business Objects but the Ripplestone software can be installed and used without first installing the Crystal Reports software)
- SQL Server 2000 (if you choose to use SQL Server as the Ripplestone database)

## Recommended Hardware and Software

This is the recommended configuration for a production environment. We have tested this setup with 100 – 300 simulated concurrent users with very little scaling problems. To view the test results please contact us.

- Windows Server 2003
- 2 GB of RAM
- 3.0 GHz Processor
- SQL Server 2000

## Work Station Requirements

- Web browser
- Microsoft Office (to view Office documents)