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Chapter 3 Installing AuthorIT 21
Minimum Server Requirements
System Requirements
As there is no server‐based software, there are no relevant minimum system
requirements. The server‐based shared data files and JET databases have a low
overhead and will run on any low‐spec server. SQL Server databases will require
more resources, and an installed copy of SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, or SQL
Server 2003.
File System Space
Allow sufficient drive space when you are setting up the file system directories:
The size of each Library database depends entirely on how much information it
contains. It is hard to predict how much space to allow. If you have any existing
AuthorIT Library databases, use these as a guide.
For the shared files in the Templates directory, allow 3 Mb. Word templates,
Default Library, and HTML Help components usually take up less than 1 Mb.
Graphics are a bottomless pit, as you will be well aware. Allow as much space for
them as you can get away with. Fortunately, because AuthorIT produces
document output formats that encourage smaller graphic file sizes, things wonʹt
be quite as bloated as they could be.
Administrator's Computer
On the Administratorʹs computer, the AuthorIT Administrator program requires 2 Mb
of drive space, and the AuthorIT program requires 19 Mb of drive space. There are
minimum system requirements (see ʺMinimum Computer Requirementsʺ on page 35)
for these programs.
Default File Directory Structure Created on Server
When you install AuthorITʹs server‐based components, this default directory structure
is created on the server:
AuthorIT V4
Data
Icons
Libraries
Templates
Icon library
Base directory
Contains several sub‐directories for templates
and components for Word and web‐based
outputs
Tutorial
Setup
Contains the Netsetup.exe and
Netsetup.ini files necessary to install the
client components on each PC.