System Requirements for Stages 7.4

Client Requirements

Stages is a web application, so a recent web browser is required on the clients.

Browser	Supported Versions
Internet Explorer	11^*
Google Chrome	Latest Version
Microsoft Edge	Latest Version
Mozilla Firefox	Latest Version
Mobile Safari	Latest Version

Note: The browser must have cookies and JavaScript enabled.

*) Due to low rendering speed, Internet Explorer may react slowly when many elements are located on the same hierarchical level. Therefore the number of elements to be displayed is limited when using this browser. The default limit is 200 elements, which can be adjusted via the “list.limit.ie” config property. A progress bar is displayed after one second to raise user awareness. For process usability reasons, we recommend to place elements into folders to avoid this situation from happening and for maximizing process user experience.

Server Requirements

Stages is a Java application and is executed on a Tomcat application server. The application server is automatically installed together with Stages.

The application server also acts as a web server. Thus, no additional web server (i.e. Apache or IIS) is required.But if you do deploy Stages behind a web server (i.e. Apache or IIS), please ensure that:

the https and wss (web socket) protocol URLs are forwarded for /stages and below.
the https protocol URLs are forwarded for /reporting and below.
the https protocol URLs are forwarded for /pkit and below, if you want the V6 Stages Bookmarks to be redirected to their V7 counterparts.

Running Stages with a permanent license requires the Stages server machine to have a fixed IP address.

If the Stages user database should be synchronized with a Windows Active Directory Server via LDAP, a read-only user account on the ActiveDirectory server is required.

Stages is approved to run on virtualized environments, if sufficient resource isolation is assured (e.g. that intense CPU usage on another VM cannot degrade the Stages application VM performance).

Software Requirements	Description
Operating System	Windows Server 2003 (64-Bit) Windows Server 2008 (64-Bit) Windows Server 2012 (64-Bit) Windows Server 2016 (64-Bit) Windows 7 (64-Bit) Windows 10 (64-Bit) Linux (64-Bit) with RPM and LSB Support for other operating systems (e.g. Solaris) is available upon request.
Java Virtual Machine	Java SE Development Kit 1.8.0_1 or any higher 1.8.x version (64-Bit) (Oracle, AdoptOpenJDK, OpenJDK)

Database Requirements

Oracle
MySQL

System Integrations

External System	Supported Versions
PTC Integration	Integrity 2009 (min. SP7) and Integrity 10^*
Subversion	Subversion 1.7, 1.8 and 1.9
Microsoft SharePoint	2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, Sharepoint Online (365)
IBM Rational ClearCase	Version 7 and 8^*
Serena Dimensions	12.2^*

^*) Stages CMS adapters are currently not available, but will be added in a future release.

Recommendations

Low Range System

Criteria

max 25 parallel active users
max 100 open user sessions
max 5000 users synchronized via LDAP
max 10 CM project sandboxes

Server Recommendations

RAM: 8 GB
CPU: 4 Cores
Storage: 6 GB (system, not including project sandboxes)

Database Recommendations

Shared Oracle or MySQL server
Connection 1 GBit
Latency < 1 ms (Ping)

Mid Range System

Criteria

max 100 parallel active users
max 500 open user sessions
max 15000 users synchronized via LDAP
max 100 CM project sandboxes

Server Recommendations

RAM: 12 GB
CPU: 8 Cores
Storage: 12 GB (system, not including project sandboxes)

Database Recommendations

Dedicated Oracle or MySQL server
CPU: 4 Cores
Connection 10 GBit
Latency < 1 ms (Ping)

High Range System

Criteria

max 500 parallel active users
max 2000 open user sessions
max 50000 users synchronized via LDAP
over 100 CM project sandboxes

Server Recommendations

RAM: 16 GB
CPU: 16 Cores
Storage: 24 GB (system, not including project sandboxes)

Database Recommendations

Dedicated Oracle or MySQL server
CPU: 8 Cores
Connection 10 GBit
Latency < 1 ms (Ping)