Esri Business Analyst Server system requirements

For best performance we strongly recommend using Business Analyst Server 10.3, or higher, with Windows 7 64-bit operating systems.

Supported server platforms

Server Platform

Operating System

Business Analyst Server for the Microsoft .NET Framework

  • Windows 2003 SP2 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 2003 SP2 (64-bit (EM64T)) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 7 Ultimate, Professional Edition (32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T))
  • Windows 2008 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 2008 (64-bit (EM64T)) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) Professional Edition

Operating system requirements and limitations

All platforms

  • Server display requirements:
    • 1024 x 768 recommended or higher at Normal size (96dpi)
    • Greater than 256 color depth
  • DVD-ROM drive is required to install the application

Microsoft Windows

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7 or higher is required. You must obtain and install Internet Explorer version 7 or higher, prior to installing ArcGIS Server on Windows.
  • Windows XP and Windows 7: These operating systems are supported for basic testing and application development use only. It is not recommended for deployment in a production environment.
  • Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008: When using the ArcGIS Server .NET Manager on Vista or Windows Server 2008, the application unexpectedly errors. See KB35105 for more details.

Supported Clients

Client display requirements:

Supported web browsers:

Web Browser

Supported Operating System

Firefox 3.0

  • Windows 2003 SP2 Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 2008 Server Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter

Firefox 2.0

  • Windows 2003 SP2 Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows Vista SP1 Ultimate, Enterprise, Business
  • Windows XP SP2 Professional Edition

Internet Explorer 8.0

  • Windows 2003 SP2 Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 2008 Server Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter

Internet Explorer 7.0

  • Windows 2003 SP2 Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 2008 Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows Vista SP1 Ultimate, Enterprise, Business
  • Windows XP SP2 Professional Edition
NoteNote:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.0 or higher is required. You must obtain and install Internet Explorer version 7.0 or higher prior to installing ArcGIS Server on Windows.

Hardware requirements

For a development environment, the minimum RAM requirement for Business Analyst Server is 4 GB. This requirement is based on a typical development server. Business Analyst Server and the Esri Business Analyst US 2011 Data for Server Require a minimum of 19 GB of free memory. It is recommended that a minimum of 50 GB of storage be available.

For a production environment, hardware minimum requirements are not listed because user and business needs of Business Analyst Server may vary. These requirements must be considered in determining hardware needs to meet user performance expectations and scalability. Please refer to Infrastructure Performance Considerations and System Design Strategies for assistance in designing a Server infrastructure to meet your business requirements.

Developer solutions requirements (Web ADF for the .NET framework)

Supported application/web servers

Application/Web Server

Supported Operating Systems

Limitations

Internet Information Server

Note: IIS 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, and 7.0 are supported. The version of IIS is dependant on the Windows version that IIS is running on.

  • Windows 2003 SP2 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 2003 SP2 (64-bit (EM64T)) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 7 Ultimate, Professional Edition (32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T))
  • Windows 2008 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 2008 (64-bit (EM64T)) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) Professional Edition

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Note: When using the ArcGIS Server .NET Manager on Vista or Windows Server 2008, the application unexpectedly errors.

See KB35105 for more details.

Integrated development environment (IDE) requirement

IDE

Supported Operating Systems

Limitations

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (Professional or Standard Editions)*

  • Windows 2003 SP2 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 2003 SP2 (64-bit (EM64T)) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 7 Ultimate, Professional Edition (32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T))
  • Windows 2008 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 2008 (64-bit (EM64T)) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) Professional Edition

*Note: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Team Edition is not supported with the ADF

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

  • Windows 2003 SP2 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 7 Ultimate, Professional Edition (32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T))
  • Windows 2008 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows 2008 (64-bit (EM64T)) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
  • Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) Professional Edition

.NET Framework 3.5

NET Framework 3.5 is installed with Visual Studio .NET 2008. The redistributable is available to developers who want to include the .NET Framework installation with their .NET applications.

Supported relational database management systems (ArcSDE)

Business Analyst Server 10.1 works with ArcSDE for Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle.

NoteNote:

For additional details on the supported Relational Database Management Systems (ArcSDE) please refer to the section Supported Relational Database Management Systems (ArcSDE) under ArcGIS Server 10.1 System Requirements.

7/15/2015