Minimum System Requirements

Quark Publishing System 7.31

The QPS 7.31 system requirements listed below are baseline requirements, but your number of users, number of assets, and number of asset revisions affect system performance. The requirements with an asterisk are affected by these variables. See "Suggested hardware configurations" for guidance considering these variables. RAM requirements do not include other third–party application requirements on the computer, so factor accordingly. Also, the requirements for QuarkXPress and QuarkCopyDesk are not listed below. See the ReadMe files for these applications for system requirements.

QPS Server: Mac OS

Hardware

  • 4GB total RAM (Quark recommends allocating at least 50% of the total RAM available to the QPS Server. See "Allocating RAM for QPS Server: Mac OS" for more information.)&*
  • 4GB hard disk space*
  • TCP/IP network (Gigabit Ethernet recommended)

Software

  • Mac OS® X 10.4.11)
  • Java™ Developers Kit (JDK™) 1.5
  • QuarkXPress Server 7.21 (QuarkXPress Server is required for QPS Server, but Quark recommends installing and running QuarkXPress Server on a different computer from the computer on which you install and run your QPS Server.)
  • Quark License Administrator (QLA) 4.5 (required for QuarkXPress Server)

Supported platforms*

  • G5 PowerPC® processor or Intel processor (recommended)
  • G5 Xserve® with dual 2.3GHz PowerPC processor running Mac OS X Server software
  • Mac Pro™ with two 2.66GHz dual–core Intel® Xeon® processors running Mac OS X Server software
  • Xserve with two 2GHz dual–core Intel Xeon 5100 processors running Mac OS X Server software

QPS Server: Windows

Hardware

  • 4GB total RAM (Quark recommends allocating as much RAM as possible for QPS Server, considering the upper limit of approximately 1.6GB on Windows®.)*
  • 4GB hard disk space*
  • TCP/IP network (Gigabit Ethernet recommended)

Software

  • Microsoft® Windows 2003 Server SP2, Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition
  • .NET framework 2.0/3.0
  • Java Developers Kit (JDK) 1.5
  • QuarkXPress Server 7.21 (QuarkXPress Server is required for QPS Server, but Quark recommends installing and running QuarkXPress Server on a different computer from the computer on which you install and run your QPS Server.)
  • Quark License Administrator (QLA) 4.5 (required for QuarkXPress Server)

Supported platforms

  • Servers based on multi–core Xeon processors
  • Intel® Core™ 2 Duo

QPS Database*

  • HSQL DB (the QPS Server installer embeds this database if you choose this option)
  • MS–SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 2, Standard Edition

NOTE If you plan to use an MS-SQL database for your assets, you must first install MS-SQL Server. Then run the "QPS Server.exe" installer on Windows, click Install QPS Database, and follow instructions on the screen to create QPS schema in your MS-SQL database.

QPS File Server: Mac OS

Hardware options

  • 2GB total RAM*
  • 5GB-150GB hard disk space (depending on number of assets)*
  • TCP/IP network (Gigabit Ethernet recommended)

Software

  • Mac OS X 10.4.11

Supported platforms*

  • G5 Xserve with dual 2.3GHz PowerPC processor running Mac OS X Server software
  • Mac Pro with two 2.66GHz dual–core Intel Xeon processors running Mac OS X Server software
  • Xserve with two 2GHz dual–core Intel Xeon 5100 processors running Mac OS X Server software
  • G5 PowerPC processor running Mac OS X Server software

NOTE You can use a separate computer as your QPS File Server, but Quark recommends installing and running your QPS Server on the same computer as your QPS File Server because it optimizes read/write operations. If you combine your QPS Server and QPS File Server on the same computer, calculate the combination of requirements for both. For example, your hard disk space requirement for a combination of QPS Server and QPS File Server on the same computer ranges from 9GB to 154GB (instead of 5GB-150GB for the QPS File Server alone).

QPS File Server: Windows

Hardware

  • 2GB total RAM*
  • 5GB-150GB hard disk space (depending on number of assets)*
  • TCP/IP network (Gigabit Ethernet recommended)

Software

  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition or Windows 2003 Server SP2, Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition

Supported platforms*

  • Intel® vPro™ technology and Intel Core 2 Duo running Windows 2003 Server SP2, Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition (recommended)
  • Single processor Intel® Pentium® 4/Pentium D/Dual-processor Xeon running Windows 2003 Server SP2, Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition
  • Single processor Intel Pentium 4/Pentium D/Dual-processor Xeon running Windows XP, Professional Edition

NOTE You can use a separate computer as your QPS File Server, but Quark recommends installing and running your QPS Server on the same computer as your QPS File Server because it optimizes read/write operations. If you combine your QPS Server and QPS File Server on the same computer, calculate the combination of requirements for both. For example, your hard disk space requirement for a combination of QPS Server and QPS File Server on the same computer ranges from 9GB to 154GB (instead of 5GB-150GB for the QPS File Server alone).

QPS File Server: Solaris

Hardware

  • SPARC™-based or x64/x86-based system
  • 2GB total RAM
  • 5GB-150GB hard disk space (depending on the number of assets)*

Software

  • Sun™ Solaris™ 8 or later
  • QPS Connect Client: Mac OS

Hardware

  • 1GB total RAM*
  • 500MB hard disk space for program files and enough hard disk space to store checked-out assets*
  • TCP/IP network

Software

  • Mac OS X 10.4.9 or Mac OS X 10.4.10 (with patch 1)

Supported platforms*

  • iMac® with Intel Core 2 Duo processor
  • MacBook® Pro with Intel Core 2 Duo processor running Mac OS X client software
  • Mac Pro® with two 2.66GHz dual-core Intel Xeon processors running Mac OS X client software
  • Mac mini with Intel Core Duo processor
  • G5 PowerPC processor

QPS Connect Client: Windows

Hardware

  • 1GB total RAM*
  • 500MB hard disk space for program files and enough hard disk space to store checked-out assets*

Software

  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition or Windows Vista™ (Business or Ultimate)
  • .NET framework 3.0

Supported platforms*

  • Intel Core 2 Duo processor running Windows XP Professional Edition
  • Intel Xeon processor running Windows XP Professional Edition
  • Intel vPro technology and Intel Core 2 Duo running Windows Vista, Business Edition or Ultimate Edition
  • Intel Pentium 4 processor running Windows XP Professional Edition

QPS Web Editor

  • Internet Explorer 7.X or Mozilla Firefox 2.X

Suggested hardware configurations

Use the parameters below to help determine the hardware needs for your organization. Variables include your number of users, number of assets, kinds of assets (for example, small text files or large picture files), and your number of asset revisions. When you search for assets, QPS server performance depends on the number of master files (that is, the current version of each asset). The number of revisions does not affect QPS Server performance, but the revision number variable affects the amount of disk space required for your QPS File Server.

Contact your account manager to specify your organization's needs based on the suggested configurations below. The low-volume, medium volume, and high-volume configurations are approximations based on the following assumptions:

  • You specify a static IP address for each QPS Server computer.
  • The number of users is the number of logged-on users displayed in the User Activity screen of the QPS Connect Client window (also called "user sessions").

Low-volume QPS traffic

The configuration below can adequately serve a smaller QPS workflow (approximately 30 users and 5,000 assets). You can install the QPS Database, QPS Server, and QPS File Server on one computer, but Quark recommends using a second computer for QuarkXPress Server.

Computer 1: QPS Database (HSQL), QPS Server, QPS file server

  • RAM: 4GB (1GB allocated to Java Virtual Machine)
  • Hard disk: 25GB free space (in addition to 5-150GB needed for assets)
  • RAID: Not required
  • CPU: Dual Core Intel (recommended)
  • Network: Gigabit NIC (recommended)

Computer 2: QuarkXPress Server (two subrenderers)

  • RAM: 2GB
  • Hard disk: 10GB-20GB required for document pool
  • RAID: Not required
  • CPU: Dual Core Intel (recommended)
  • Network: Gigabit NIC (recommended)

Medium volume QPS traffic (option 1)

The configuration below can adequately serve a mid-sized QPS workflow (approximately 50 users and 20,000 assets). Although you can install the QPS Database, QPS Server, and QPS File Server on one computer, you will need to allocate more RAM for the QuarkXPress Server computer. This option suggests two server computers.

Computer 1: QPS Database (HSQL), QPS Server,
QPS file server

  • RAM: 4GB (1.5GB allocated to Java Virtual Machine)
  • Hard disk: 40GB free space (in addition to 5-150GB needed for assets)
  • RAID: Not required
  • CPU: 2 Dual Core Intel (recommended)
  • Network: Gigabit NIC (recommended)

Computer 2: QuarkXPress Server (four subrenderers)

  • RAM: 4GB
  • Hard disk: 10GB-20GB required for document pool
  • RAID: Not required
  • CPU: Dual Core Xeon (recommended)
  • Network: Gigabit NIC (recommended)

Medium volume QPS traffic (option 2)

The configuration below can adequately serve a mid-sized QPS workflow (approximately 50 users and 20,000 assets). A redundant array of independent drives (RAID) for your QPS Database can improve performance for accessing assets. This option suggests three server computers.

Computer 1: QPS Database (MSSQL)

  • RAM: 4GB
  • Hard disk: 40GB free space
  • RAID: RAID 1+0
  • CPU: Dual Core Xeon (latest) (recommended)
  • Network: Gigabit NIC (recommended)

Computer 2: QPS Server, QPS file server

  • RAM: 4GB (1.5GB allocated to Java Virtual Machine)
  • Hard disk: 40GB free space (in addition to 5-150GB needed for assets)
  • RAID: Not required
  • CPU: Dual Core Intel (recommended)
  • Network: Gigabit NIC (recommended)

Computer 3: QuarkXPress Server (four subrenderers)

  • RAM: 4GB
  • Hard disk: 10GB-20GB required for document pool
  • RAID: Not required
  • CPU: Dual Core Xeon (recommended)
  • Network: Gigabit NIC (recommended)

High-volume QPS traffic

The configuration below can adequately serve a large QPS workflow (approximately 150 users and 60,000 assets).

Computer 1: QPS Database (MSSQL)

  • RAM: 4GB
  • Hard disk: 40GB free space
  • RAID: RAID 1+0
  • CPU: 2 Dual Core Xeon (latest) 3GHz (recommended)
  • Network: Gigabit NIC (recommended)

Computer 2: QPS Server, QPS file server

  • RAM: 4GB (1.5GB allocated to Java Virtual Machine)
  • Hard disk: 40GB free space (in addition to 5-150GB needed for assets)
  • RAID: Not required
  • CPU: 2 Dual Core Intel (recommended)
  • Network: Gigabit NIC (recommended)

Computer 3: QuarkXPress Server (eight subrenderers)

  • RAM: 8GB
  • Hard disk: 10GB-20GB required for document pool
  • RAID: Not required
  • CPU: 2 Dual Core Xeon (latest) 3GHz (recommended)
  • Network: Gigabit NIC (recommended)