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PIMS Structure, Requirements & Recommendations

The PIMS product is a robust data management solution constructed on a sound Microsoft platform requiring a moderate level of performance from your server and network alike. The following chart provides a simple guide to the requirements for PIMS. The heaviest requirement is on your server and network, as they are the core of the solution. Your workstations need to have a clean functioning network connection and although PIMS can perform moderately well on a 10MB TCP/IP network, you will enjoy its features more quickly with a 100MB TCP/IP network. PIMS performs best on the following recommended minimum system requirements.  		xxx

 

Workstation(s)

Servers

Operating System

  1. Windows 2000 Professional
  2. Windows XP Professional
  3. Windows XP Home
  1. Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or better
  2. Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 or 6.0
  3. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard or Enterprise Edition

Processor

Pentium 1 GHz or higher

(2) Pentium 1 GHz or higher

Memory

128 MB RAM

1 GB RAM

Hard Drive Space

40 GB

60 GB (Additional hard drive space may be required based on document management needs)

Display

1024 x 768 resolution or higher

Network

100 MB per second switched, TCP/IP network

The actual performance of PIMS in your particular environment will depend on the following factors:

  • Available processing power of your server – the available processing power takes into consideration the number of other functions with which your server may be tasked, including serving other client/server applications, email support and filtering, file management, printing services, and other similar functions.
  • Available storage space on your server – the total volume of document storage that can be managed via PIMS will be dependent on the amount of free storage space on the server that you configure PIMS to use. As your document storage needs grow, PIMS configuration can be modified to utilize a separate server for document management, off-loading the burden placed on the primary PIMS server.
  • Available bandwidth on your network – the network bandwidth in nearly all environments is shared by multiple users, multiple services and by one or more servers. Uploading and viewing documents will be the most network intensive single functions you will perform with PIMS, as your average documents will most likely be much larger than any single data set you will pull from PIMS. PIMS can be configured to limit the size of documents or files that can be uploaded to restrict uploading files that are unreasonably large according to your organization.

Your understanding of these factors will help you to manage how PIMS is used most effectively within your organization and will help you leverage other parts of your information system as well.

Related Links:

Project Information Management, PIMS Architecture, PIMS Online Help, Project Life Cycle

 
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