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Review the Prerequisites for a SQL Server Mart

Before you install the 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 can share an existing database server for a Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, or 2012 database.
• The SQL Server 2005, 2008, and 2012 TRUSTWORTHY database property is no longer required for the mart. After you install this product, you can optionally reset this property to OFF.
• The dbo role for Microsoft SQL Server is necessary only during the installation or upgrade. You can strip the installer of the dbo role after the installation or upgrade is complete.

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 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 the Mart administrator. A Mart administrator must be a database-authenticated user.

Important disclaimer notice on all requirements

1. The requirements that are mentioned previously define the minimum requirements which permit the application 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 (for example, 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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