System Requirements

Operating System

GroundWork Monitor runs on Linux. The following distributions are supported:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x
Centos 5.x
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10.x and 11.x
Ubuntu Server 9.x and 10.04 LTS
As of version 6.6, all editions of GroundWork Monitor are supported only on 64-bit platforms.

Supported Browsers

GroundWork Monitor is a web application. The following browsers have been tested for access:

Firefox 3.6+
Internet Explorer 7.0+
Google Chrome (current stable version)
Mobile Safari (iPhone/iPad)

Please note that Safari (for Mac/PC) is not tested at this time.

Hardware

For a single GroundWork Enterprise Server, the minimum requirements vary with the intended purpose. For short-term or evaluation systems, monitoring small numbers of nodes (i.e 50 or less), a minimal configuration will suffice:

Minimum:

64-bit CPU (required)
2 CPU, 3 GHz or equivalent
4 GB RAM
160 GB disk

System requirements for distributed systems are somewhat more complex, but in general, a single server will serve as the “parent” for all configuration data, and as the primary user interface. If you are planning a distributed system, you should read the system planning guide here for information on various architecture choices.