System requirements for the CLOUDFLOW Application server

These are the recommended system requirements for the CLOUDFLOW Application server.

Important: The server instances that are provisioned for CLOUDFLOW and MongoDB should only run the CLOUDFLOW and/or MongoDB software. No other software should be installed and running on those systems, as this will potentially hurt performance and functionality of the system.

System

  • Windows 2012 Server 64-bit system or higher.
  • Mac OS X 10.12 or higher.
    Note: If you are running PACKZFLOW 6.0 on Mac, the minimum system requirement is MAC OS X 10.14.

Hard disk space

Minimum of 500 GB of disk space though multiples are not uncommon depending on projected activity.

CPU and memory

CPU and memory depend on the modules.

The following modules are recommended to have 8 Threads and 16 GB of memory each:
  • WORKSPACE
  • PROOFSCOPE
  • PACKZFLOW
  • RIP
The following module is recommended to have 8 Threads and 32 GB of memory:
  • VDP Execute

The calculation is cumulative.

Two examples of a hardware configuration

Setup Required Threads Required Memory
Server with 1 WORKSPACE + 1 PROOFSCOPE 2 x 8 Threads = 16 Threads 2 x 16 GB = 32 GB
Server with 1 WORKSPACE + 2 PACKZflow + 1 RIP 4 x 8 Threads = 32 Threads 4 x 16 GB = 64 GB

Scalability

These system requirements will be sufficient for the majority of all CLOUDFLOW installations. Elaborate CLOUDFLOW set-up featuring extra modules will require supplementary system resources.

Additionally, actual system requirements depend on the project’s workload, worker configuration, the user’s system configuration, workflows and subsequent expected workload throughput. If these conditions are taken into account CLOUDFLOW can be scaled to match operational workload.