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Orion eAPI System Architecture

Orion eAPI is a web-based enterprise system that has been designed to serve the needs of large organizations. ReliaSoft suggests having one server for the application and another server for the database.

Minimum Application Server Requirements

• Intel Xeon Dual Core 2.66 GHz or higher with at least 4 GB Memory
• 1 HD of 160 GB
• Windows Server 2003
• Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1
• Graphical component MS Chart

Minimum Database Server Requirements

• Intel Xeon Quad Core 2.00 GHz or higher with at least 8 GB of memory
• 2 HD of 160 GB (Mirrored) for the database
• 1 HD of 120 GB for the OS
• Windows Server 2003 + SQL Server 2008
• Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1

Minimum Client Requirements

• Internet Explorer 7 or higher. A free download is available from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/.
• Pentium 4 Processor or higher with 512 MB RAM
• Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1
• Silverlight 3

Interface

The Orion eAPI interface requires Internet Explorer 7 or higher and is not compatible with other browsers, such as Firefox or Safari. Because the application is deployed via the customer’s Internet Explorer Web browser, the settings that customers have established within their browsers will impact their experience when using Orion.  

If the customer environment is based on Microsoft Active Directory, then access to the system uses the LDAP protocol. Due to this feature the Orion system does not store the client password; rather it uses a directory authentication service and users will use the same username and password they already use to access the internal network (SSO – Single Sign-on).