System Requirements
Software
Connexion will run on any Windows platform which supports the .NET 4.0 framework and SQL Server 2008 with Advanced Services. Typically this means Windows XP and above and Windows 2003 and above.
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The .NET framework 4.0 must be installed prior to installing Connexion [Download]. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2012 with Advanced Services must be installed prior to installing Connexion. Connexion provides great performance with the free Express edition of SQL Server, however, before choosing to use the Express edition, please read about its hardware and database size limitations. [Limitations] [Download] SQL Server does not need to be installed on the same machine as Connexion. |
Hardware - Summary
Connexion has no minimum hardware check during installation, and does not require heavy-weight hardware to give adequate performance. We generally recommend a quad-core cpu, 4 gigabytes of memory, and 30 gigabytes of free space as adequate for simpler systems. If you require high-performance, many channels, complex channels, or will be processing large messages (MB instead of KB) then read the 'Hardware - Advanced' section below or contact Inner Harbor Software for recommendations.
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- Number of Channels: Are you expecting to run 5 channels or 100? If you will be using the 'execution groups' feature of Connexion to isolate channels, an extra ~100 MB of memory will be required per group.
- Channel Complexity: Are your channels performing simple operations like reading/writing HL7 and simple transformations, or are you performing heavy string manipulation or running complex database queries?
- Message Composition: Are the messages you are processing 100K or 30MB? Memory requirements increase dramatically as message size increases.
- Performance Expectations: What is the expected peak load? Do you have latency requirements?
- Redundancy: Additional resources will be required if you are using one of SQL Server's fail-over features (mirroring, always on, etc.)
Licensing
The first tab of the configuration wizard is for adding license information. You will need to email the Hardware ID and Licensee to Inner Harbor Software who will reply with a License Key. Paste the license key into the 'License Key' box.
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