System Requirements (Hardware and Software)

The following specifications are provided as a guideline. CensorNet has been designed with performance and scalabilty in mind and can be installed on a large number of PC's, servers and virtual machines.

For networks with up to 50 workstations:
• Intel Celeron, Pentium or AMD Sempron/Athlon
• 2GB DDR RAM
• 80 GB S-ATA HDD (minimum 7,200 rpm)
• 10/100 Network Card

For networks with up to 100 workstations:
• Intel Core2 Duo or AMD X2 Processor
• Minimum 512Kb L2 Cache
• 2 GB Fast DDR RAM
• 120GB S-ATA HDD (minimum 7,200 rpm)
• 10/100 Network Card

For networks with up to 500 workstations:
• Intel Quad Core Xeon or AMD Opteron Quad Core
     (ensure Hyper Threading/Logical Processors are disabled in BIOS)
• Minimum 512Kb L2 Cache
• 4 GB Fast DDR RAM
• Hardware RAID Controller
• 2x 160GB 10,000rpm S-ATA/SCSI HDD (configured as RAID1)
• 100/1000 Mbit Network Card

For networks with up to 1,000 workstations:
• Dual Intel Quad Core Xeon (E5405)
     (ensure Hyper Threading/Logical Processors are disabled in BIOS)
• Minimum 512Kb L2 Cache
• 8 GB Fast DDR RAM
• Hardware RAID Controller
• 2x 500GB 10,000rpm S-ATA/SCSI HDD (configured as RAID1)
• 1000 Mbit Network Card

For High Availability options:
• Please contact the Sales team.

Software Requirements:
• Ubuntu 8.04 Linux why this version?
• Web browser with Javascript & AJAX support
• Adobe Flash Player & Reader
• SSH Client (e.g. PuTTY, SecureCRT)

Useful Hardware links
• Purchase a CensorNet Appliance
• Try the CensorNet Virtual Appliance
• View CensorNet compatible HP ProLiant Servers