Requirements for Loftware Spectrum Application Server

A server that will act as a dedicated Spectrum Application Server has the following requirements.

Important! If you are installing Spectrum into a network running as a Windows domain, install the Spectrum application on a domain-member server. Production Spectrum Application Servers running in a Windows domain are not supported unless they are part of the domain.

Component Requirement
CPU

8 cores or better

Memory 32GB RAM or more
Available disk space

250GB or more

Note: The Spectrum application requires approximately 10GB of disk space upon installation. This includes space to retain Spectrum Application Server log files which are archived and retained.

Operating system

One of the following 64-bit operating systems:

  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Oracle Linux "Unbreakable" 7.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x

Note: For Linux operating systems, the Spectrum installation requires the correct version of jsvc (Apache Commons Daemon), the latest lsb_release package, and a graphical interface.

Important! All Spectrum Application Servers in a distributed environment must use the same operating system family and brand.

For an overview about whether to configure a distributed environment, see Server Performance Tips.