Minimum Recommended Configuration Guidelines for Centennial Discovery

Server Specification

500 PC's

Operating System: Windows 2000/2003 Server
Database Server:
MSDE Express 2000 - 05, SQL SE 2000 - 05, SQL Enterprise 2000 - 05
Memory: 512MB
Disc Space: 1GB
Processor: Pentium® 4 1.8 GHz

501 - 2000 PC's

Operating System: Windows 2000/2003 Server
Database Server:
MSDE Express 2000 - 05, SQL SE 2000 - 05, SQL Enterprise 2000 - 05
Memory: 1GB
Disc Space: 2GB
Processor: Pentium® 4 2.4 GHz

2,001 - 5,000 PC's

Operating System: Windows 2000/2003 Server
Database Server: SQL SE 2000-05
Memory: 3GB
Disc Space: 5GB
Processor: Pentium® 4 3.0 GHz

5,001 - 10,000 PC's

Operating System: Windows 2000/2003 Advanced Server
Database Server: SQL SE 2000-05
Memory: 4GB
Disc Space: 10GB
Processor: Dual Pentium® Xeon™ 2.4GHz

10,001 - 20,000 PC's

Operating System: Windows 2000/2003 Advanced Server
Database Server: SQL SE 2000-05
Memory: 6GB
Disc Space: 20GB
Processor: Dual Pentium® Xeon™ 3.0GHz

20,001 - 39,999 PC's

Operating System: Windows 2000 DataCenter Server
Database Server: SQL SE 2000-05
Memory: 8GB
Disc Space: 20GB
Processor: Dual Pentium® Xeon™ 3.2GHz

40,000+ † PC's

Operating System: Windows 2000 DataCenter Server
Database Server: SQL SE 2000-05
Memory: 8GB
Disc Space: 80GB
Processor: Dual Pentium® Xeon™ 3.2GHz

Centennial Discovery Server also requires Microsoft MDAC 2.8 (shipped with full version of Centennial Discovery)

* If you are upgrading from a previous version of Discovery to Centennial Discovery you will require additional disk space. Please check your database size before upgrading. MSDE SQL 2000 Server has a 2GB database size limit and the upgrade process needs 3 times of the original database size. See 'Minimum System Requirements' in the 'Upgrading to Discovery' document.

† For optimum performance on larger systems, please contact your partner for a personalized recommendation.

In addition, if a pre-4.52 installation is currently installed on a Domain Controller, the installation will have to be moved as the user required for secure communication cannot be created on a Domain Controller. This is because a Domain Controller does not permit local users to be created.

Discovery Administration Control Centre

All language versions require Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Professional or Windows 2003 SP1.

Server Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Server, Advanced Server, DataCenter Server and Small Business Server SP4 + updates Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Standard, Server Enterprise and Small Business Server Premium Edition SP1 + updates IIS 5 or 6 is required for secure data transfer.

LANProbe Requirements

LANProbe operates over an IPv4 ethernet network on x86 installations of Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003

Network Environments

TCP/IPv4

Secure Communication

Public/Private key encryption using HTTP over TCP/IP

Supported Databases

Discovery 2006 may be used in conjunction with either Microsoft SQL 2000 (MSDE, Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition and 64-bit for Titanium Edition) or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 ( Express, Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition).

In the event of using SQL 2000, Centennial advise that the appropriate MS SQL 2000 is on a Per Processor basis. A Processor license includes access for an unlimited number of devices or users to connect from either inside the corporate LAN or WAN or outside the firewall. For further details the Microsoft web site carries current information about licensing options.

Centennial Discovery Web Edition

Supported platform and system requirements for Centennial Discovery Web Edition are the same as for Centennial Discovery with the following additions:

Centennial Discovery Web Edition Server

Microsoft IIS5, IIS6
MS.NET Framework Framework 1.1
(shipped with full version of Discovery 2006)

Supported Browsers

The Discovery.Dashboard web interface is designed to be W3C compliant. It is currently tested against the following browsers:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 - 7
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 - 2.0