Oncology Services & Support
Hardware Specifications
Citrix Server Recommendations (Rack Mount Ready - 2U)
- Processor:
- Dual X5550 Xeon Processor, 2.66GHz 8M Cache, Turbo, HT
- Memory:
- 6GB Memory (6x1GB), 1333MHz Single Ranked UDIMMs for 2 Processors, Optimized
- Hard Drives:
- 3x146 GB, 15K RPM, Serial-Attach SCSI 3.5" Hot Plug Hard Drive (includes online spare)
- Drive Controller:
-
Internal PERC 6/i Dual Channel SAS 3.0 GB/s RAID controller with 256 MB of battery-backed cache.
Configure 2x146GB OS/APP (RAID 1) with one online spare.
DVD operates from SATA CONTROLLER ON BOARD
- Floppy Disk:
- None
- Optical Drive:
- Internal Slim optical DVD + RW
- Network Adapter:
- Dual Two-Port Embedded Broadcom® NetXtreme II™ 5709 Gigabit Ethernet NIC
- Redundancy:
- PSU and Fans
- Ports:
- Minimum 2 USB
- Operating System:
- Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition (English version only), (5 client access licenses or sufficient seat licenses)
- File System:
- NT File System (NTFS)
Partition C: → 30GB
Partition D: → 116GB
- Microsoft® OS Architecture:
- 32-bit (not 64-bit)
- Microsoft® .NET Framework:
- ARIA(8.0 ≥ 8.5): 1.1 and 2.0 (not 3.0 or 3.5)
- ARIA(8.6, 8.8): 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5
- Other Software:
-
- Microsoft® Terminal Client Access Licenses
- Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 → ARIA for Medical Oncology
- Citrix XenApp 4.5 → ARIA for Medical Oncology
- Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition (English only) → ARIA for Radiation Oncology and Eclipse (v8.1 ≥ v8.8) -
- Citrix XenApp 4.5 Enterprise Edition (English only) → ARIA for Radiation Oncology and Eclipse (v8.1 ≥ v8.8)
Notes:
- CPU identified above is for Intel®'s Nehalem (microarchitecture). Each CPU has three separate memory controller hubs (MCHs) within the CPU package, and requires each memory channel to be populated per CPU for optimal use.
- Virtualization of Citrix Servers is currently unavailable.
- Review the Citrix Road Map on qualifying Citrix Presentation Server and XenApp with ARIA for Radiation Oncology and Eclipse.
- Recommended configuration above is for a Single Citrix Server or the First Server in a Citrix Farm.
- Load Balancing and High Availability (N+1) Citrix Server shall use the same recommended hardware; however, RAID controllers, hot spare drives, and redundant power supplies are not required.
- 1 Gbps network recommended for maximum speed and performance.
- Specifications subject to change without notice as newer computer models become available.
- Hardware used with ARIA for Radiation Oncology and Eclipse must be approved based on the current Microsoft® specifications.
- Additional Citrix Servers should be planned and accounted for based on concurrent user count.
- ARIA for Medical Oncology will normally support approximately 50 concurrent users on one (1) Citrix Server.
- ARIA for Radiation Oncology will normally support these concurrent users on one (1) Citrix Server per Client Type row but not combined in the table below:
| Client Type |
Users |
Data Type |
ARIA Practice Management (Patient Manager, Time Planner, ...) |
30 |
Textual data |
ARIA Radiation Oncology
(RTChart, ...) |
10 |
Textual and 2-D Image data |
| Offline Review |
5 |
Textual and 2-D/3-D Image data |
| Eclipse |
5 |
Textual and 2-D/3-D Image data |
| PurView |
4 |
Textual and 2-D/3-D Image data |
- ARIA for Radiation Oncology and Eclipse are currently unavailable with national language support for use over any Citrix version.
- Specifications subject to change without notice as newer computer models become available.