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Technical Specifications

Ares has 5 components to keep your reserve desk running smoothly.
  • Web site for faculty and students to submit and retrieve reserve materials
  • Windows client for reserve desk staff to manage the entire life cycle of a reserve item
  • Web-based administration suite to manage all system configurations and Ares staff accounts
  • System Manager service that performs routine system maintenance such as updating copyright permissions and cleaning up reserve items
  • Web-based reporting module to have an administrative view of how your reserves desk is performing
  • For Blackboard Building Block users - Blackboard Academic Suite version 6.3.1.374 or later using Tomcat 5.0 and JDK 1.5.0. (more)

      • Ares Requirements

       
      Server
      Client
      Hardware
    • Intel Pentium III 1Ghz or greater processor
    • 512MB of RAM minimum. More RAM will substantially increase system performance.
    • 9 GB minimum Hard Drive. Larger Hard Drives allow for a larger archive of electronic reserve documents.
    • Ethernet connectivity to the internet/intranet
    • Backup device recommended (DDS - 3 tape or better)
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    • Intel Pentium II 350Mhz or greater processor
    • 64 MB of RAM
    • 2 GB Hard Drive
    • Ethernet connectivity to the Internet/intranet
    • Color ink jet printer recommended for printing labels. Printer capable of handling removable labels minimum.
    • Monitor and video card capable of running a 1024x768 resolution

      • Optimum Requirements
    • Intel Pentium III 500Mhz or greater processor
    • 256MB of RAM
    • 18GB Hard Drive or larger
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      Software
    • Windows 2000 server including Internet Information Server 5.0 or Windows 2003 Server including Internet Information Server 6.0
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (standard edition)
    • Access to an SMTP mail server within your local network or on the Ares server itself using the server's IIS SMTP service to allow Ares Client to send emails.
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    • Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional
    • Microsoft Word 2000/XP/2003
    • Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher (installed but not necessarily used) for the latest SQL Server compatibility
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