CADstream Software-Only Hardware Recommendations
The software-only configuration of CADstream should be installed on a hardware that meets recommended requirements. Following are specifications that correspond to the Distributed (medium volume site) and Enterprise (high volume site) level hardware configurations for CADstream.
Merge Healthcare strongly recommends that customers add security software to the CADstream system. The following security packages have been validated with CADstream.
- MS Forefront: 1.0.0.0
- Symantec: 11.0.5002.333
| Component |
Distributed Server |
Enterprise Server |
| Processor |
One Quad-Core Processor (2.53 GHz, 1066 MHz memory) |
Two Eight-Core Processors (2.3 GHz, 1333 MHz memory) |
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| Memory |
4 GB, 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC RAM |
8 GB, 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC RAM |
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| Hard Drive |
200 GB.
Additional storage is required for the study database and the optional CADalog study database. A minimum of three drives in a RAID 5 configuration is recommended.
Note: The size of the partition is dependant how you plan to implement CADstream, i.e., volume (number of study performed per day) and amount of time the study should remain in the cache (few days to several weeks). |
200 GB.
Additional storage is required for the study database and the optional CADalog study database. A minimum of three drives in a RAID 5 configuration is recommended.
Note: The size of the partition is dependant how you plan to implement CADstream, i.e., volume (number of study performed per day) and amount of time the study should remain in the cache (few days to several weeks). |
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| Network |
One Ethernet connector running at 100 MBps or greater (1 GBps highly recommended). |
One Ethernet connector running at 1GBps |
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| *Operating System |
Windows 7 Professional® 64-bit |
Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard, 64-bit |
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| Video Card |
NVIDIA® Quadro® 600
(Driver: 6.14.12.7071) |
NVIDIA® Quadro® 600
(Driver: 8.17.12.7614) |
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| *Java Runtime Environment |
JRE 1.6, update 25 |
JRE 1.6, update 25 |
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| Browser |
Microsoft Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later (32-bit). Mozilla® Firefox® 3.5 or later (32-bit).
Note: There is a known issue with Mozilla Firefox 3.6.14 that causes some components in CADstream to display incorrectly. Although Mozilla reports that a fix is in development, we recommend you do not run CADstream on this version of Firefox. |
Microsoft Internet Explorer® 6.0 or later (32-bit). Mozilla® Firefox® 3.5 or later (32-bit) |
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| Optical Drive |
A DVD drive is required to read the CADstream installation disk. A read/write drive is required to burn disks. |
A DVD drive is required to read the CADstream installation disk. A read/write drive is required to burn disks. |
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| Optional for systems for viewing studies |
A mouse and keyboard. A monitor that supports 1280x1024 display resolution. |
A mouse and keyboard. A monitor that supports 1280x1024 display resolution. |
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| Anti-Virus Products |
MS Forefront: 1.0.0.0
Symantec: 11.0.5002.333 |
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* The CADstream application (server and client) uses a bundled installation of Java. The JREs identified above are used by Web-based Java applets in the CADstream Web interface.
* For CADstream servers running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008, security features inherent to the operating system require a user to be logged in to the server for the CADstream rendering services to function. The user may lock the screen or use a password-protected screensaver, but must remain logged in. If there is no user is logged in to the CADstream server, data processing will not occur. To check the status of the processing, go to the Study List page. For details on using the Study List page, refer to the “Site Preferences” chapter in the CADstream Reference Guide.