The hardware requirements to be met before installing JobScheduler are less dependent on JobScheduler itself than on the following factors:
- the operating system,
- the database(s) to be used,
- the jobs that are to be run and how they are to be run (in parallel, serially),
- the software that is controlled by the jobs run by JobScheduler,
- the memory and data management procedures.
For Windows 7 or 8 operating system running on 32-bit hardware the minimum requirements are a 1 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM and 16 GB disk space and a 1 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM and 32 GB disk space for 64 bit hardware. Such a system could then easily allow a JobScheduler to run. However, this system could also be easily brought to its knees when, as we recommend, the JobScheduler is run with a database and when sufficient jobs are run in parallel. This would be particularly important when, for example, each job was starting its own Java virtual machine.
We recommend that experience is obtained with a realistic scheduling test system if a relatively large numbers of jobs is to be run in a new situation.
You will find a detailed description of the software requirements for operating JobScheduler in Chapter 1 of our JobScheduler installation guide.
- See also our features page for more information about the operating systems and databases we support.