Features
Single easy-to-use installer
Customizable branding
HTML5-based mobile support for proofing (works on any modern browser)
Architecture
Web server
Application server
Database server
Server System Requirements
Computer Hardware
Hardware or virtual machine installation support (VMware, Parallels, or Hyper-V)
Component Services (can be run on one server or separated onto multiple servers)
Microsoft SQL Server
Windows IIS Service
MetaCommunications Application Server and Workgroups Portal
Minimum Server Requirements (on-premise)
• Intel 64 bit multi-core / Xeon preferred
• 8+ GB Ram
• Processor: Fast Cores - 4 minimum, 8 recommended
• 8-9,000 "marks" at https://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
• JavaScript benchmark performance: run https://webkit.org/perf/sunspider-1.0.2/sunspider-1.0.2/driver.html
• Overall test results: Excellent < 150ms; Good 150ms - 250ms; Ok 250ms - 350ms; Slow 350ms+
• Storage Drives
• Windows OS: 100+ GB
• Database: 100+GB
• Proof & File upload: 100+ GB (optional)
• Online transaction log backups: Database drive size x 2
• Nightly full backups; hourly transaction log backups
Operating Systems (64-bit)
• Production Servers: Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016
* Some versions of Windows limit the maximum number of connections to 10 or less.
Database Software (64-bit)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3+, 2012 SP3+, 2014 SP2+, 2016 SP1+ (Workgroup edition+)
User System Requirements
Web Browser Requirements (two most recent versions)
• Chrome; Firefox; Edge; Safari
Operating System Requirements
Windows 7+, 8.1+, 10+
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite - 10.14 Mojave; 10.15 Catalina Will Not Be Supported
Access Requirements
Browser access to Intranet/Internet via HTTP port 80 and/or HTTPS port 443
(Client connections using HTTPS port 443 require additional configuration)
Please Note:
In situations where performance issues arise on-premise, Meta will typically stand up a hosted environment (temporarily) using a backup of the customer database and the same code/build. This exercise will provide a baseline for performance expectations. If the on-premise environment does not perform as well as the hosted environment, the responsibility lies with the Customer's IT team to diagnose and adjust hardware and network settings. This service is not covered under by the software support agreement.