Requirements for the database server
WorldServer stores information about your installation (for example, your workflow definitions, translation memory, terminology database, and users) in a relational database management system. You can create the WorldServer database on the same machine as the WorldServer application server. However, you should install the database server on a dedicated machine and place applications and the content management system on other machines.
Recommended relational database management systems
The following relational database management systems are recommended for running WorldServer 11.8:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2019, standard and enterprise editions
- Microsoft SQL Server 2017, standard and enterprise editions
- Microsoft Azure SQL
- 32-bit and 64-bit Oracle 19c
- 32-bit and 64-bit Oracle 12c Release 1 and Release 2
Notes for Microsoft SQL Server users
Keep in mind the following points regarding the use of SQL Server in conjunction with WorldServer:
- Microsoft SQL Server is recommended only on Microsoft Windows environments.
- This version of WorldServer no longer supports SQL Server 2014 or instances of SQL Server 2017 with a compatibility level lower than 130.
- WorldServer does not support case-sensitive SQL Server. To use WorldServer with SQL Server, you need to configure SQL Server to be case-insensitive. The same case-sensitivity restriction applies to enterprise and standard editions, and to both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of SQL Server. On 64-bit systems, a complete 64-bit infrastructure is recommended, including Tomcat and Java versions.
- As of version 11.1, WorldServer supports the AlwaysOn failover feature in SQL Server, which allows you to store a database on multiple servers simultaneously. Thus, if the primary server experiences issues, one of the secondary servers becomes primary and you can continue to work without losing information.
Recommended operating systems
Use one of the following operating systems on the WorldServer 11.8 database server:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2022 (English, 64-bit), standard and enterprise editions
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (English, 64-bit), standard and enterprise editions
- 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Recommended hardware
Make sure that your WorldServer database server meets the following hardware requirements:
- Recommended configuration: 4 x 4 CPU at 2.0 GHz with 16 GB RAM, as well as sufficient high speed storage and backup allocation.
- SCSI RAID Disk Array with a minimum of 100 GB free disk space (250 GB or higher is recommended).