Prerequisites

Reality on UNIX

• One of the following:

  SUN SPARC running Solaris 11 or 10 (64-bit only).

  IBM pSeries (RS 6000), running AIX 7 or 6 (64-bit only).

  PC with Intel Pentium processor or equivalent running one of the following versions of Linux: Red Hat version 9, ES/AS versions 2.1 or 3 (32-bit), Red Hat ES 6 or 5 commercial release (64-bit), CentOS 6 or 5 'open' software (64-bit).

• 128Mb RAM minimum (512Mb recommended), plus 2-6Mb per Reality User. See also Memory.
• 1 GB of available space to accommodate setup (actual hard disk used once installed will be between 220Mb and about 350Mb, depending on the system components installed, plus space for databases).
• Korn shell.
• Perl - this is normally supplied with the operating system.
• UNIX-Connect for networking (supplied in the Reality ISO/dVD image file).
• NPS Customisation (a download is available for SUN; for other operating systems, contact Northgate Public Services).
• C compiler (on Solaris, if a C compiler is not available you can install the GNU C Compiler from the NPS Customisation download).

UNIX-Connect

'rosi' UNIX user id with a home directory on a file system with at least 25 Mbytes free.

Reality on Windows

• PC with Intel x86-64 processor or equivalent, 1GHz or faster, running Windows 8, 7 or XP, Server 2012, 2008 or 2003 (32-bit or 64-bit).

  Note: Reality is not available for Windows NT, 95, 98, 98 SE, ME or Vista.

• • The minimum memory as required for the base Windows release, plus 2-6Mb per Reality User. See also Memory.
• Up to 1.5Gb of available disk space to accommodate setup (actual hard disk used once installed will be between 150Mb and about 350Mb for 32-bit and up to 500MB for 64-bit deliveries, depending on the system components installed, plus space for databases).

  It is recommended that Reality is installed on an NTFS partition.

• The Reality database can be loaded on to a Primary Domain Controller, Backup Domain Controller, stand-alone member server or WorkStation.
• Reality backup and restore is supported on 4mm, 8mm and DLT/LTO tape units.
• Using at least a dual processor system is highly recommended for more than a small user count in order to run on recent Windows releases.
• NPS can take no responsibility for the processor and memory requirements of other applications running on a Windows server. Ideally, Reality should be loaded on a dedicated server.

• NPS recommend Microsoft’s "A Guide to Assessing Windows Server Licensing" and their prevailing licensing policy is used to determine what is required for end user deployment.

Memory

Reality memory usage is difficult to predict, but as a rough sizing guide use 128Mb for the system and then 2Mb to 6Mb per user, depending on type of user and application. Performance problems are generally caused by lack of memory. If the server is not dedicated to Reality then other application memory requirements must be added to this.

Foreign Database Support and SQL View

These features require a working ODBC installation, with appropriate ODBC driver(s), on the Reality system.

External Components

PCSNI

• PC with Intel Pentium processor or equivalent, 200MHz or faster, running Windows 7 or 8, XP (Home or Professional), Server 2003 (Professional or Server), Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit).
• A LAN card.
• TCP/IP networking.
• A way of resolving host name and IP addresses (for example, a hosts file or a domain name service).

RealEdit

• PC with Intel Pentium processor or equivalent, 200MHz or faster, running Windows 7 or 8, XP (Home or Professional), Server 2003 (Professional or Server), Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit).
• NPS PCSNI software V2.3.1 Rev C or later.

JReal

Java Run Time Environment (JRE) version 1.4.1_02 or above. If this is not available, it can be downloaded from Sun's Java web site (http://java.sun.com/j2se/).

RealSQL-ODBC Driver

• PC with Intel Pentium processor or equivalent, 200MHz or faster, running Windows 7 or 8, XP (Home or Professional), Server 2003 (Professional or Server), Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit).
• NPS PCSNI software V2.3.1 Rev C or later.
• Any ODBC Level 1 or 2 compliant application.
• A Winsock compliant TCP/IP transport stack for TCP/IP connections.
• If you are connecting to a Reality database on a UNIX host, the host will need UNIX-Connect.

The PC applications and transport stacks use large amounts of memory. It is therefore essential that PCs running this package are configured for the optimum use of memory; otherwise it is possible that GPFs and other memory type errors will occur.

RealSQL-JDBC Driver

• Java Run Time Environment (JRE) version 1.4.1_02 or above. If this is not available, it can be downloaded from java.sun.com/j2se.
• If you are connecting to a Reality database on a UNIX host, the host will need UNIX-Connect.

RealWeb

• A web server with support for Java servlets. (This can be on the same system as the Reality database or on another system.) On web servers that do not support servlets, plug-ins can be used to add servlet support.
• Java Run Time Environment (JRE) version 1.4.1_02 or above. If this is not available, it can be downloaded from java.sun.com/j2se.
• If you are connecting to a Reality database on a UNIX host, the host will need UNIX-Connect.

Remote Tape Server

• Any UNIX or Windows system that supports Reality.

Note that the Reality Database product does not have to be loaded onto the Server with the tape devices, only the Remote Tape Server component.

Reality Web Services

• A web server with support for Java servlets (Jetty is supplied). This can be on the same system as the Reality database or on another system. On web servers that do not support servlets, plug-ins can be used to add servlet support.

  Note: Reality Web Services have been tested on Jetty 5.1.4 and Tomcat 5.0.

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK), version 1.4.1_02 or later. For Jetty, you can use either; for Tomcat you must use a JDK.

Remote Basic ActiveX Control

• PC with Intel Pentium processor or equivalent, running Windows 7 or 8, XP (Home or Professional), Server 2003 (Professional or Server), Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit).
• PCSNI - client software that allows communication between a PC and a Reality database. software V2.3.1 Rev C or later.

Online Documentation

The online documentation is intended to be installed on a web server. If necessary, it can also be installed on file server, or on individual PCs running Windows or Linux. It can also be viewed from the Reality ISO/DVD image file.

The online documentation is compatible with most contemporary web browsers. The following are suitable. However, be aware that browsers can change over time as to what they allow access to, in terms of local/remote drives and/or websites, so browser settings may need to be checked. If a particular browser prevents access, please try another browser:

• Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Google Chrome