System requirements

QuarkXPress Server 7

Mac OS

Hardware

• Quad-core Mac Pro or Xserve system
• 8GB RAM
• 150 GB available hard disk space (40GB minimum)
• TCP/IP network

Software

• Mac OS X 10.4 Server (Mac OS X 10.4 Client minimum)
• Java J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5

Windows

Hardware

• Intel or AMD dual-core processor for 3 or fewer subrenderers; Intel or AMD quad-core processor for heavy loads with 4 or more subrenderers
• 8GB RAM
• 150GB hard disk space (40GB minimum)
• TCP/IP network

Software

• Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server

Note: On Mac OS and Windows, the size of the QuarkXPress Server document pool (when used with a file server subsystem) determines the required hard disk space. Because disk input and output is a critical part of the system, your disk subsystem should be as fast as possible.

Note: If QuarkXPress Server will be generating large numbers of PDF files, a RAID 0 setup of two or more hard disks will increase system throughput. (Remember that RAID 0 is not fault-tolerant, so even with a RAID 0 setup you will need to perform frequent backups.