Jive SBS includes an optimally-configured software stack that is designed to perform well and be easy to administer. Except for the operating system, it includes everything you'll need to get the application running and configured.
Below is a list of the compatible systems, databases, and recommended hardware. Because Jive SBS is a web application we also list the compatible browsers.
| OS | Application Server | Database | Authentication and User Data |
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Including the latest 3 fixpacks:
RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 4 or 5 for x86 and x86_64 CentOS version 4 or 5 (use the RedHat distribution) for x86 and x86_64 SuSE Enterprise Linux Server (SLES) 10 for x86 and x86_64 SunOS 5.10 (Solaris 10) for SPARC and x86_64 |
Jive SBS includes the Apache Tomcat application server. |
Oracle 10.x or better Postgres 8.x or better MySQL 5.x or better MS SQL Server 2005 or better |
LDAP or AD |
Certain features require that certain software dependencies be present on the system.
| Dependency | Versions Requiring | Features Requiring | Notes |
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| libX11.so and libXext.so | 4.0.7 and later. | Document Conversion | The document conversion technology that creates previews of PDF files and Office documents uses OpenOffice and PDF2SWF to generate previews. Many of the dependencies required by these binaries are packaged with the application. However, these two could not be included. As of version 4.0.7, application package installers will require the presence of these libraries. |
| en_US.UTF-8 locale | 4.0.7 and later. | Document Conversion |
The newest build of PostgreSQL included in our Linux and Solaris installs now requires the en_US.UTF-8 locale to be installed. While supported Linux distributions package this locale by default, Solaris 10 does not (the default locale is C). As of version 4.0.7, the application's Solaris package installer checks for the presence of this locale before installation begins. (IMPORTANT: The included PostgreSQL DBMS is for evaluation purposes only and should not be used in production.) |
Every business is different, each have different standards. Fortunately, Jive SBS is compatible with a number of hardware configurations as well as network topologies. Below are the minimum hardware requirements needed.
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For internal deployments, expect a higher ratio of actions that write to the database. This includes creating new content, adding comments and replies, updating content, and so on. Here, writes are estimated as 15 percent of the number of page views.
| Page Views per Month | Database Writes per Month | CPUs (at least 2 GHz) | RAM | Location of App Server and Database | Clustered? |
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| 500,000 | 75,000 | 1 dual core CPU | 3GB, 2GB Java heap | Share a box | No |
| 1,000,000 | 150,000 | 1 dual core CPU | 3GB, 2GB Java heap | Separate boxes | No |
| 5,000,000 | 750,000 | 1 dual core CPU | 4GB, 2GB Java heap | Separate boxes | Yes |
| 10,000,000 | 1,500,000 | 1 dual core CPUs | 4GB, 2GB Java heap | Separate boxes | Yes |
| 25,000,000 | 3,750,000 | 2 dual core CPUs | 4GB, 2GB Java heap | Separate boxes. Database box is a quad core. | Yes |
In general, and external deployment is going to have a very high ratio of page views relative to database writes. That's because external deployments tend to support communities with a large number of people who rarely contribute but often check back to read what others are posting.
| Page Views per Month | Content Created per Month | CPUs (at least 2 GHz) | RAM | Location of App Server and Database | Clustered? |
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| 500,000 | 20,000 | 1 dual core CPU | 3GB, 2GB Java heap | Share a box | No |
| 1,000,000 | 20,000 | 1 dual core CPU | 3GB, 2GB Java heap | Separate boxes | No |
| 5,000,000 | 50,000 | 1 dual core CPU | 4GB, 2GB Java heap | Separate boxes | Yes |
| 10,000,000 | 50,000 | 1 dual core CPUs | 4GB, 2GB Java heap | Separate boxes | Yes |
| 25,000,000 | 100,000 | 2 dual core CPUs | 4GB, 2GB Java heap | Separate boxes/DB box is a quad core | Yes |
For evaluations, Jive SBS will run on both Linux and Windows. We've made an evaluation build of the software available on Windows for easy testing. It's not supported for production environments, but it'll give you a quick sense of the end-user and admin console experience with the application. There is also a way to evaluate the software online. Visit our evaluation page for more details.