Estimating Execution Requirements

The requirements of the "end user" environment where a Visual LANSA application is executed will depend on the size and complexity of the application and how much data will be stored in the database that it will use.

We recommend that you calculate a minimum supported configuration and prepare a Minimum Supported Configuration Document where you formally define the minimum configuration your solution will viably support, including what servers, client platforms and web browsers your application will need. Consider:

• Minimum hardware requirements

• Minimum software requirements

• Supported screen resolutions

• Minimum networking capabilities

• Maximum data volumes.

 

A formal Minimum Supported Configuration (MSC) Document will:

• Inform decisions about the overall solution cost

• Establish the environment required to test the deployment of the solution or any patch/hotfix made to it.

• Raise management's awareness of the risk of implementing a "sub-MSC" solution.

 

Note - Any other application running on this "end-user" environment must also be considered when sizing your machine.