RiverMuse installation and upgrade
RiverMuse Core Edition 3.4.3 & 3.4.4
Introduction
The following documentation describes the RiverMuse installation process.
System requirements
Before you install the software you must ensure that the system on which you are installing RiverMuse meets the minimum hardware and software requirements. Please be advised these are only guidelines as the actual specifications will depend on the size of your database and retention policy. The following system requirements are RiverMuse's recommended minimums. |
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Hardware requirements
- RiverMuse recomends a minimum of 2 GB of swap on a dedicated machine but only to page out quiescent processes. If Rivermuse is sharing the host, the swap will need to be adjusted according to the other resident applications.
- Dual core CPU
- 4GB RAM
- 250 GB Hard disk space to store the software
- 250 GB Hard disk space for DB storage
- AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon Processor with External Cache
Software requirements
- RiverMuse currently supports:
- Fedora 9 Linux operating system. A Fedora 9 system update is recommended after the initial installation of the operating system.
- Red Hat 5/CentOS 5.
Additional requirements
RiverMuse currently supports the following browsers:
| Browser |
Version |
Operating System |
| Internet Explorer |
7 |
PC |
| FireFox |
3.2 |
All platforms |
| Safari |
3.2.1 |
PC and MAC |
RiverMuse will support any operating system version that is capable of supporting the specified browsers.
Please be advised currently when running Internet Explorer (IE)7, IE8, or, Firefox in a Windows XP environment, RiverMuse has recorded unusually high levels of memory usage. For further details please see the RiverMuse Core 3.4.3 release notes.
Software upgrade
Please refer to the 3.4.4 release notes for information on manually upgrading the software, while RiverMuse completes development on the new upgrade procedure available in Core 4.0.
Assistance
RiverMuse can provide further information and assistance with installing and using RiverMuse; contact details are as follows:
