Minimum System Requirements
| Minimum Windows® Client Specifications |
| CPU |
Pentium III 733 MHz Processor or better |
| OS |
Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, XP Home and XP Professional |
| RAM |
128MB RAM minimum |
| Hard Drive |
100 MB free |
| Screen Resolution |
800x600 16-bit colors or higher |
| Network Card |
10BaseT or better |
| Sound Card |
SoundBlaster 16 or compatible; Headphones optional |
| Plugins |
Adobe® Flash Player 8 or higher; Adobe® Acrobat Reader 5 or higher; Java® JRE 1.5.0_06-JDK 1.5.0_15; Java 6 not supported |
| Additional |
Confirm that pop-up blockers are disabled, JavaScript is active and Cookies are allowed; Confirm Firewall allows full communication with LMS. |
| Supported Windows® Browsers |
| Browser |
Win 98 SE (SP2) |
Win 2000 (SP4) |
Win XP Home and Pro (SP2) |
| Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 |
supported |
supported |
supported |
| Mozilla Firefox® 1.5 |
supported |
supported |
supported |
| Netscape® 7.0+ |
. |
supported |
supported |
| Minimum Macintosh® Client Specifications |
| CPU |
Single or Dual G3/G4 333 Mhz or faster; Intel Mac Core Duo 1.8 GHz or faster |
| OS |
OSX 10.2.8, 10.3.9, 10.4.8 or higher |
| RAM |
128 MB RAM minimum |
| Hard Drive |
100 MB free |
| Screen Resolution |
800x600 16-bit colors (Thousands) or higher |
| Network Card |
10BaseT or better |
| Sound Card |
Standard Macintosh Sound; Headphones optional |
| Plugins |
Adobe® Flash Player 8 or higher; Adobe® Acrobat Reader 5 or higher |
| Additional |
Confirm that pop-up blockers are disabled, JavaScript is active and Cookies are allowed; Confirm Firewall allows full communication with LMS. |
| Supported Macintosh® Browsers |
| Browser |
OSX 10.2.8 |
OSX 10.3.9 |
OSX 10.4.8 |
| Netscape® 7.0+ |
supported |
supported |
supported |
| Mozilla Firefox® 1.5 |
supported |
supported |
supported |
| Safari® 2.0 |
. |
. |
supported |
| OS / Application Server / Database Combinations |
| LMS Server OS |
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2000 SP4 (Standard or Advanced Server)
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 SP1 (Standard or Enterprise Server)
RedHat Linux 9, RHEL 2.4 AS or ES through RHEL 4.5 AS or ES
Apple® Macintosh® OSX Server 10.4 (OSX 10.5 Server not supported) |
| LMS Application Server |
Apache with Tomcat
Microsoft® IIS 5 or IIS 6 with Tomcat |
| LMS Server Database |
Microsoft® SQL Server 2000 SP4
Microsoft® SQL Server 2005
MySQL 4.1.x (MySQL 5.x not supported; MySQL is not recommended for databases over 60,000 users) |
| Minimum Network Requirements |
| Bandwidth Requirements |
Destination Math® courses and Destination Reading® courses I and II content: 30-50kbps/user
Destination Reading® Courses III and IV content: 100kbps/user (70-80 kbps with building-based caching) |
| WAN Connectivity |
T1 minimum; Fiber, ATM or gigabit connection preferred |
| Building Network |
Minimum 10/100 Switched; 100 Mbps recommended |
Server Specifications for Small Windows-Based Customers
(Up to 35,000 users in database)
| One Server Model |
| CPU |
Two Pentium IV 2.0 GHz (or faster) Processors |
| RAM |
4 GB RAM minimum; 1 GB allocated to LMS4 / Tomcat |
| Hard Drives |
3 x 73 GB (or larger) SCSI or SATA drives recommended |
| RAID |
RAID 5 recommended |
| Hard Drive Space |
300 MB free disk space for the LMS4 program. 5 GB free for the database. 250 MB free disk space per course for Destination Math® and Destination Reading® I and II. 1.2 GB free disk space per course for Destination Reading® III and IV. |
| Network |
100BaseT or higher network card. 100 Mbps network connection minimum |
| Java |
JRE 1.5 |
| Two Server Model |
| CPU |
One Pentium IV 2.0 GHz (or faster) Processor for each server |
| RAM |
2 GB RAM minimum on each server; 1 GB allocated to LMS4 / Tomcat on the Web server |
| Hard Drives |
3 x 73 GB (or larger) SCSI or SATA drives recommended |
| RAID |
RAID 5 recommended |
| Hard Drive Space |
300 MB free disk space for the LMS4 program. 5 GB free for the database. 250 MB free disk space per course for Destination Math® and Destination Reading® I and II. 1.2 GB free disk space per course for Destination Reading® III and IV. |
| Network |
100BaseT or higher network card. 100 Mbps network connection minimum |
| Java |
JRE 1.5 |
Server Specifications for Medium Windows-Based Customers
(35,000 - 120,000 users in database)
| One Web Server |
| CPU |
Two Pentium IV 2.0 GHz (or faster) Processors |
| RAM |
4 GB RAM minimum; 1 GB allocated to LMS4 / Tomcat |
| Hard Drives |
3 x 73 GB (or larger) SCSI or SATA drives recommended |
| RAID |
RAID 5 recommended |
| Hard Drive Space |
300 MB free disk space for the LMS4 program. 5 GB free for the database. 250 MB free disk space per course for Destination Math® and Destination Reading® I and II. 1.2 GB free disk space per course for Destination Reading® III and IV. |
| Network |
100BaseT or higher network card. 100 Mbps network connection minimum |
| Java |
JRE 1.5 |
| One Database Server |
| CPU |
One Pentium IV 2.0 GHz (or faster) Processor for each server |
| RAM |
4 GB RAM minimum |
| Hard Drives |
3 x 73 GB (or larger) SCSI or SATA drives recommended |
| RAID |
RAID 5 recommended |
| Hard Drive Space |
10 GB free disk space |
| Network |
100BaseT or higher network card. 100 Mbps network connection minimum |
| Java |
JRE 1.5 |
Server Specifications for Small Macintosh-Based Customers
(Up to 35,000 users in database)
| One Server Model |
| CPU |
Two G4 2.0 GHz (or faster) Processors |
| RAM |
4 GB RAM minimum; 1 GB allocated to LMS4 / Tomcat |
| Hard Drives |
3 x 73 GB (or larger) SCSI or SATA drives recommended |
| RAID |
RAID 5 recommended |
| Hard Drive Space |
300 MB free disk space for the LMS4 program. 5 GB free for the database. 250 MB free disk space per course for Destination Math® and Destination Reading® I and II. 1.2 GB free disk space per course for Destination Reading® III and IV. |
| Network |
100BaseT or higher network card. 100 Mbps network connection minimum |
| Java |
JRE 1.5 |
| Two Server Model |
| CPU |
One G4 2.0 GHz (or faster) Processor for each server |
| RAM |
2 GB RAM minimum on each server; 1 GB allocated to LMS4 / Tomcat on the Web server |
| Hard Drives |
3 x 73 GB (or larger) SCSI or SATA drives recommended |
| RAID |
RAID 5 recommended |
| Hard Drive Space |
300 MB free disk space for the LMS4 program. 5 GB free for the database. 250 MB free disk space per course for Destination Math® and Destination Reading® I and II. 1.2 GB free disk space per course for Destination Reading® III and IV. |
| Network |
100BaseT or higher network card. 100 Mbps network connection minimum |
| Java |
JRE 1.5 |
Server Specifications for Medium Macintosh-Based Customers
(35,000 - 120,000 users in database)
| One Web Server |
| CPU |
Two G4 2.0 GHz (or faster) Processors |
| RAM |
4 GB RAM minimum; 1 GB allocated to LMS4 / Tomcat |
| Hard Drives |
3 x 73 GB (or larger) SCSI or SATA drives recommended |
| RAID |
RAID 5 recommended |
| Hard Drive Space |
300 MB free disk space for the LMS4 program. 5 GB free for the database. 250 MB free disk space per course for Destination Math® and Destination Reading® I and II. 1.2 GB free disk space per course for Destination Reading® III and IV. |
| Network |
100BaseT or higher network card. 100 Mbps network connection minimum |
| Java |
JRE 1.5 |
| One Database Server |
| CPU |
Two G4 2.0 GHz (or faster) Processors for each server |
| RAM |
4 GB RAM minimum |
| Hard Drives |
3 x 73 GB (or larger) SCSI or SATA drives recommended |
| RAID |
RAID 5 recommended |
| Hard Drive Space |
10 GB free disk space |
| Network |
100BaseT or higher network card. 100 Mbps network connection minimum |
| Java |
JRE 1.5 |
Note: Please consult with Houghton-Mifflin Learning Technology's Support team regarding other feasible technical environments and larger district implementations.
