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Review the Prerequisites

Before you install Mart components, help ensure that the minimum system requirements that are outlined in this topic are met.

System requirements for Mart server

Hardware requirements (based on physical hardware performance, not a virtual environment):

• 2 GHZ or higher dual core processor
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more for large marts)
• 4 GB of disk space or more as required to support your specific mart

Operating system:

• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows 2008 Server SP2
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server SP2
• Microsoft Windows XP SP3
• Microsoft Windows 7

  Notes:

  • CA ERwin Data Modeler has only been certified on the 32-bit versions of the Windows operating systems described in the preceding list. CA ERwin Data Modeler is a 32-bit application. You may experience problems running CA ERwin Data Modeler on a 64-bit operating system.
  • CA ERwin Data Modeler is compatible with Microsoft Windows 8 Release Preview. You may experience problems with shortcuts and CA ERwin DM third-party components.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or higher
• All current Microsoft Windows critical updates are applied

Database:

The Mart Server can use a “standalone” or share an existing database server:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, or 2012
• Oracle 10g or 11g
• Sybase 15.x

If you are using an Oracle or a Sybase Mart, the Database Client is installed on the computer where the Mart Server is installed. Installing the client applies only when you have installed the Mart Server and the Mart database on different computers.

CA ERwin Mart Administrator web client:

• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 8^® or newer
  • Mozilla Firefox^® v.9.0 or newer
  • Google Chrome 14 or newer
  • Apple Safari 5 or newer
• Adobe Flash plug-in version 8 or newer for the respective browser

Other requirements

Help ensure that the following additional requirements are met:

• If you want to use Microsoft IIS as the web server, you have configured it.
• The DBMS is installed and prepared for creating the Mart Database.
• The Mart database is created. At least one user with administrator privileges is present. If you are using Oracle, you have run the initial queries. For more information about the initial queries, see the Implementation Guide.

  Note: For Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, and 2012 select Mixed Mode Authentication during installation. For Oracle Version 10g and 11g, optionally modify the following parameters in the initialization file (InitSID.ora):

  Remote_OS_Authent=””
  

  OS_Authent_Prefix=TRUE
  

• If you want to add Windows Group users as Mart users, you have the Active Directory Server details.

  Note: You can add Windows Group users as normal Mart users, but not as the Mart administrator.

Important disclaimer notice on all requirements

1. The requirements mentioned previously define the minimum requirements which permit CA ERwin Data Modeler version 9.0 and 9.1 to run with reasonable performance based on a small business use case scenario. The actual requirements for an enterprise wide use case based on larger models and configurations require significantly greater resources to obtain acceptable performance.
2. These requirements are based on actual physical hardware (no virtual environment) and the following assumptions:
   • Minimal to no network overhead (both the database and application servers are locally installed)
   • Vendor's default install of the current version of their software (with all current service or fix packs)
   • No other applications sharing the defined hardware configuration (e.g., a “clean” machine)

   Any other hardware/software configurations are acceptable as long as they provide the same (or better) performance characteristics identified.

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