End of support notice for SQL Server 2012Microsoft announced in July 2022 that SQL Server 2012 is no longer a supported product. Phocas will end support for SQL Server 2012 from September 2022. More information. |
This page describes the additional server specs you'll need to run Phocas on your own infrastructure.
Phocas recommends the following level of resources as a minimum specification.
8 virtual CPU Cores
64 GB RAM
Solid State Storage
The Windows Server 2019 IIS web servers we run at Phocas have 60GB hard drives. Further capacity may be required to store larger quantities of sync and temporary files.
12 virtual CPU Cores
96 GB RAM
450 NVMe Solid State Storage
Separate data volumes for the Operating System, Data, Logs, TempDB and Backups
The SQL Servers we run at Phocas generally have the following hard drives configuration and capacity
70GB for Operating System
2TB for Data
200GB for Logs and TempDB
200GB for Backups
Further or reduced capacity may be required depending on data storage needs.
Microsoft Windows Server 2014 or later
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 8.5+ Web Management Tools
IIS Management Console
IIS Management Scripts and Tools
IIS Management Service
World Wide Web Services
Application Development Features
.NET Extensibility (for .NET 4.6.2+)
ASP
ASP.NET (for .NET 4.6.2+)
ISAPI Extensions
ISAPI Filters
Common HTTP Features
Default Document
HTTP Errors
HTTP Redirection
Static Content
NOT WebDAV Publishing
IIS Component WebSockets Enabled
Performance Features
Dynamic Content Compression
Static Content Compression
Security
Request Filtering
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 (Full Profile)
Note: Some additional configuration steps are required if your site uses:
a Microsoft .NET Framework version lower than 4.7.2 or
an http:// protocol.
To install any of the .NET or IIS features, or check whether you have them installed, expand the section below.
Go to the Windows Control Panel and select Turn Windows features on and off. The required features may already be ticked. If not, tick as shown below and click OK. Note - to see what version of .NET is being used, look at the number after '.NET' in your Windows features box. |
Language note
In order for PDF Exports in Chinese to work correctly, the application server needs to have the 'Arial Unicode MS' font installed.
Microsoft SQL Server
Phocas has been tested on Microsoft SQL Server 2014 and above.
SQL authentication is to be used for Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and above.
Master databases must be running in compatibility level 'SQL Server 2014 - 120'.
All databases must be in the same collation as the SQL instance.
SYNC database the file extension (mdf and ldf) must be in lowercase.
SQL Server Express supported.
Phocas databases cannot be part of a SQL Server "Always On availability group".
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