| Component |
Minimum Requirements |
| Operating System (server) |
32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 2003, Window 2008, and Windows 2008 R2 |
| Web Server |
Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 6.0 or higher* with AT LEAST 4 GB RAM** |
| Database |
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or higher. SQL Server Express Editions also supported. *** |
| Browser |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher; Google Chrome 9.0 or higher |
| Privileges |
Administrator access to Web Server and Database Server required for installation. |
| Disk Space |
1GB for application installation and base database; Overall database size depends number of surveys, users, and responses. |
| ASP.NET |
Version 4.0 or higher. This version of ASP.NET may not be installed by default on many versions of Windows. It can be downloaded and installed via the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9cfb2d51-5ff4-4491-b0e5-b386f32c0992&displaylang=en3 |
| * Checkbox requires ASP.NET 4.0. IIS 6 only supports one running version of ASP.NET (e.g. 2.0 or 4.0) at a time. |
| ** Larger scale deployments, such as those with many simultaneous survey editors, may require more RAM. |
| *** For optimal performance in high load situations, the database server software should not be hosted on the same physical machine as the web server. |