Minimum recommended disk space required by IBM Connections feature:     
•  Activities - 10 GB   for Content store     
•  Blogs - 10 GB for Content store      
•  Bookmarks - 600 MB for FavIcons     
•  Communities - 3 GB for forum content      
•  Files - 10 GB   
•  Home page - 100 MB      
•  Mobile - Not required     
•  News - 500 MB per Message Store      
•  Profiles - 30 MB for Cache files directory      
•  Search - 15 GB for Index files directory.      
•  Wikis - 10 GB      


Note:  The sizes of these directories will grow as the number of users increases.  Monitor the space availability to know when to increase capacity.  See the Administration section of the Lotus Connections Information Center for more information.    

Disk space required for:    
• Content store (Holds files, images etc)    

• File upload directory stores files uploaded to people's Blogs.
Note: must add to a shared drive if you are setting up a network deployment.    

• Cache files directory    

• Index files directory    

• Temporary download location for indexing Files content 

   Directory size planning guidance:     

•  Blogs  Default = 4MB Recommend

    4MB x # of Blogs being hosted with at least 400MB to start     

• Bookmarks The icons that are displayed on Bookmarks are stored in FavIcons file directory. This directory must have at least 150 MB of space for a deployment with 250,000 bookmarks.     

• News Message store requirement of 500MB per message store engine will be determined by deployment choice.  Network Deployment: 1 messaging engine/cluster.

• Search The disk space requirement for the search index is dependent on the amount of content in the individual Lotus Connections features and this requirement will grow as the Lotus Connections content grows.  It is recommended to ensure that a minimum of 2.5 times the size of the index directory is available to allow for operations such as index optimization.

Pre-install Requirements by Lotus Connections feature:  (uncompressed)  
·    Activities                 132MB
·    Blogs                      157MB
·    Communities        140MB
·    Bookmarks            125MB
·    Files                           66MB
·    Forums                   114MB
·    Help                           55MB
·    Homepage             129MB
·    Mobile                        34MB
·    News                      117MB
·    Profiles                   170MB
·    Search                    127MB
·    Wikis                         85MB

Initial install will require 11 GB of disk space for all of Lotus Connections Components, including WAS ND, Deployment Manager and blank set of DB2 Databases.

Installation Server:
• 10 MB of space required in the installer \temp directory

• 10 MB of space required in the IM repository C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data(windows)|/var/opt/ibm/installationManager directory.

• 130 MB of space required in the IM installation C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager directory.

• 6G of available space for the directory which has WebSphere; Application Server installed: - Linux;
• /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer - Microsoft Windows

• C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer • 1G of available space for the Lotus Connections installation home directory. - Linux;:
• /opt/IBM/LotusConnections - Microsoft Windows;

• C:\Program Files\IBM\LotusConnections 2.5 GB

Post Install & Configuration Requirements:
  • 100GB / system

Memory requirement for x86-32/64 and POWER Intel (x86-32 or x86-64 compatible server systems) and POWER systems Per Lotus Connections node:  

Application Node:  
• Two processor cores per server,  2.0 GHz CPU speed, or higher    
• Minimum 4 GB of memory for IBM Connections Server
   - For enterprise-scale deployments, at least 16 GB of memory is recommended     


Database server:    
• Two processor cores per server,  2.0 GHz CPU speed, or higher    
• Minimum 4 GB of memory
  -  For enterprise-scale deployment, at least 16 GB of memory is recommended 

  
• 50 GB of available disk space after installation and configuration of the base operating system

Memory requirement for System z

Application Node:
•  At least two system z9 processors with Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)
•   Minimum 4 GB of memory for IBM Lotus Connection Server
       o For enterprise-scale deployments, at least 16 GB of memory is recommended   

Database server:    
• Two system z9 processors with Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)
• Minimum 6 GB of memory
  -  For enterprise-scale deployment, at least 16 GB of memory is recommended 
  
• 50 GB of available disk space after installation and configuration of the base operating system 

Power 7 (Power 7 mode and Power 6 compatibility mode)

Originally certified on 7.0.0.11, validated on 7.0.0.21.

WebSphere Application Server Required Fixes for 7.0.0.21: PM53930, PM56596, PM60895

For those running 7.0.0.19 and upgrading to 7.0.0.21, PM51981 is required.

Fix Pack 5 or later Fix Packs

Any enterprise feed reader supporting Atom protocol

Domino 8.x and beyond;
Fix Pack 5

Domino 8.x and beyond

MS Active Directory 2003 SP2, ADAM

Service Pack 5

Fix Pack 2

Fix Pack 1;
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Fix Pack 5;
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Fix Pack 6;
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Quickr Domino

Quickr J2EE;
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Fix Pack 2
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

The recommended Proxy server to use is WebSphere Edge Components Caching Proxy 7.0 at  Fix level 7.0.0.4

SPNEGO/Kerberos (WAS 7.0 based)

Not Supported by IBM Connections 3.0 Portlets for WebSphere Portal

Additional requirements for SPNEGO configurations

CA SiteMinder 6.0 for WebSphere

Not Supported by IBM Connections 3.0 Portlets for WebSphere Portal

 

Not Supported by IBM Connections 3.0 Portlets for WebSphere Portal

6.1 Fixpack 4 and greater

RSS feeds does not support IE6 in Lotus Connections 3.0

IBM HTTP Server Fix Pack 11

Minimum recommended disk space required by Lotus Connections feature:     
•  Activities - 10 GB   for Content store     
•  Blogs - 10 GB for Content store      
•  Bookmarks - 600 MB for FavIcons     
•  Communities - 3 GB for forum content      
•  Files - 10 GB   
•  Home page - 100 MB      
•  Mobile - Not required     
•  News - 500 MB per Message Store      
•  Profiles - 30 MB for Cache files directory      
•  Search - 15 GB for Index files directory.      
•  Wikis - 10 GB      


Note:  The sizes of these directories will grow as the number of users increases.  Monitor the space availability to know when to increase capacity.  See the Administration section of the Lotus Connections Information Center for more information.    

Disk space required for:    
• Content store (Holds files, images etc)    

• File upload directory stores files uploaded to people's Blogs.
Note: must add to a shared drive if you are setting up a network deployment.    

• Cache files directory    

• Index files directory    

• Temporary download location for indexing Files content 

   Directory size planning guidance:     

•  Blogs  Default = 4MB Recommend

    4MB x # of Blogs being hosted with at least 400MB to start     

• Bookmarks The icons that are displayed on Bookmarks are stored in FavIcons file directory. This directory must have at least 150 MB of space for a deployment with 250,000 bookmarks.     

• News Message store requirement of 500MB per message store engine will be determined by deployment choice.  Network Deployment: 1 messaging engine/cluster.

• Search The disk space requirement for the search index is dependent on the amount of content in the individual Lotus Connections features and this requirement will grow as the Lotus Connections content grows.  It is recommended to ensure that a minimum of 2.5 times the size of the index directory is available to allow for operations such as index optimization.

Pre-install Requirements by Lotus Connections feature:  (uncompressed)  
·    Activities                 132MB
·    Blogs                      157MB
·    Communities        140MB
·    Bookmarks            125MB
·    Files                           66MB
·    Forums                   114MB
·    Help                           55MB
·    Homepage             129MB
·    Mobile                        34MB
·    News                      117MB
·    Profiles                   170MB
·    Search                    127MB
·    Wikis                         85MB

Initial install will require 11 GB of disk space for all of Lotus Connections Components, including WAS ND, Deployment Manager and blank set of DB2 Databases.

Installation Server:
• 10 MB of space required in the installer \temp directory

• 10 MB of space required in the IM repository C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data(windows)|/var/opt/ibm/installationManager directory.

• 130 MB of space required in the IM installation C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager directory.

• 6G of available space for the directory which has WebSphere; Application Server installed: - Linux;
• /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer - Microsoft Windows

• C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer • 1G of available space for the Lotus Connections installation home directory. - Linux;:
• /opt/IBM/LotusConnections - Microsoft Windows;

• C:\Program Files\IBM\LotusConnections 2.5 GB

Post Install & Configuration Requirements:
  • 100GB / system

Memory requirement for x86-32/64 and POWER Intel (x86-32 or x86-64 compatible server systems) and POWER systems Per Lotus Connections node:  

Application Node:  
• Two processor cores per server,  2.0 GHz CPU speed, or higher    
• Minimum 4 GB of memory for IBM Connections Server
   - For enterprise-scale deployments, at least 16 GB of memory is recommended     


Database server:    
• Two processor cores per server,  2.0 GHz CPU speed, or higher    
• Minimum 4 GB of memory
  -  For enterprise-scale deployment, at least 16 GB of memory is recommended 

  
• 50 GB of available disk space after installation and configuration of the base operating system

Memory requirement for System z

Application Node:
•  At least two system z9 processors with Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)
•   Minimum 4 GB of memory for IBM Lotus Connection Server
       o For enterprise-scale deployments, at least 16 GB of memory is recommended   

Database server:    
• Two system z9 processors with Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)
• Minimum 6 GB of memory
  -  For enterprise-scale deployment, at least 16 GB of memory is recommended 
  
• 50 GB of available disk space after installation and configuration of the base operating system 

Originally certified on 7.0.0.11, validated on 7.0.0.21.

WebSphere Application Server Required Fixes for 7.0.0.21: PM53930, PM56596, PM60895

For those running 7.0.0.19 and upgrading to 7.0.0.21, PM51981 is required.

Fix Pack 5 or later Fix Packs

Any enterprise feed reader supporting Atom protocol

Domino 8.x and beyond;
Fix Pack 5

Domino 8.x and beyond

MS Active Directory 2003 SP2, ADAM

Service Pack 5

Fix Pack 2

Fix Pack 1;
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Fix Pack 5;
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Fix Pack 6;
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Quickr Domino

Quickr J2EE;
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Fix Pack 2
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

The recommended Proxy server to use is WebSphere Edge Components Caching Proxy 7.0 at  Fix level 7.0.0.4

SPNEGO/Kerberos (WAS 7.0 based)

Not Supported by IBM Connections 3.0 Portlets for WebSphere Portal

Additional requirements for SPNEGO configurations

CA SiteMinder 6.0 for WebSphere

Not Supported by IBM Connections 3.0 Portlets for WebSphere Portal

 

Not Supported by IBM Connections 3.0 Portlets for WebSphere Portal

6.1 Fixpack 4 and greater

RSS feeds does not support IE6 in Lotus Connections 3.0

IBM HTTP Server Fix Pack 11

All supported

• Symbian OS versions

• Nokia S60 Browsers

All supported

• Symbian OS versions

• Nokia S60 Browsers

Minimum recommended disk space required by Lotus Connections feature:     
•  Activities - 10 GB   for Content store     
•  Blogs - 10 GB for Content store      
•  Bookmarks - 600 MB for FavIcons     
•  Communities - 3 GB for forum content      
•  Files - 10 GB   
•  Home page - 100 MB      
•  Mobile - Not required     
•  News - 500 MB per Message Store      
•  Profiles - 30 MB for Cache files directory      
•  Search - 15 GB for Index files directory.      
•  Wikis - 10 GB      


Note:  The sizes of these directories will grow as the number of users increases.  Monitor the space availability to know when to increase capacity.  See the Administration section of the Lotus Connections Information Center for more information.    

Disk space required for:    
• Content store (Holds files, images etc)    

• File upload directory stores files uploaded to people's Blogs.
Note: must add to a shared drive if you are setting up a network deployment.    

• Cache files directory    

• Index files directory    

• Temporary download location for indexing Files content 

   Directory size planning guidance:     

•  Blogs  Default = 4MB Recommend

    4MB x # of Blogs being hosted with at least 400MB to start     

• Bookmarks The icons that are displayed on Bookmarks are stored in FavIcons file directory. This directory must have at least 150 MB of space for a deployment with 250,000 bookmarks.     

• News Message store requirement of 500MB per message store engine will be determined by deployment choice.  Network Deployment: 1 messaging engine/cluster.

• Search The disk space requirement for the search index is dependent on the amount of content in the individual Lotus Connections features and this requirement will grow as the Lotus Connections content grows.  It is recommended to ensure that a minimum of 2.5 times the size of the index directory is available to allow for operations such as index optimization.

Pre-install Requirements by Lotus Connections feature:  (uncompressed)  
·    Activities                 132MB
·    Blogs                      157MB
·    Communities        140MB
·    Bookmarks            125MB
·    Files                           66MB
·    Forums                   114MB
·    Help                           55MB
·    Homepage             129MB
·    Mobile                        34MB
·    News                      117MB
·    Profiles                   170MB
·    Search                    127MB
·    Wikis                         85MB

Initial install will require 11 GB of disk space for all of Lotus Connections Components, including WAS ND, Deployment Manager and blank set of DB2 Databases.

Installation Server:
• 10 MB of space required in the installer \temp directory

• 10 MB of space required in the IM repository C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data(windows)|/var/opt/ibm/installationManager directory.

• 130 MB of space required in the IM installation C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager directory.

• 6G of available space for the directory which has WebSphere; Application Server installed: - Linux;
• /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer - Microsoft Windows

• C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer • 1G of available space for the Lotus Connections installation home directory. - Linux;:
• /opt/IBM/LotusConnections - Microsoft Windows;

• C:\Program Files\IBM\LotusConnections 2.5 GB

Post Install & Configuration Requirements:
  • 100GB / system

Memory requirement for x86-32/64 and POWER Intel (x86-32 or x86-64 compatible server systems) and POWER systems Per Lotus Connections node:  

Application Node:  
• Two processor cores per server,  2.0 GHz CPU speed, or higher    
• Minimum 4 GB of memory for IBM Connections Server
   - For enterprise-scale deployments, at least 16 GB of memory is recommended     


Database server:    
• Two processor cores per server,  2.0 GHz CPU speed, or higher    
• Minimum 4 GB of memory
  -  For enterprise-scale deployment, at least 16 GB of memory is recommended 

  
• 50 GB of available disk space after installation and configuration of the base operating system

Memory requirement for System z

Application Node:
•  At least two system z9 processors with Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)
•   Minimum 4 GB of memory for IBM Lotus Connection Server
       o For enterprise-scale deployments, at least 16 GB of memory is recommended   

Database server:    
• Two system z9 processors with Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)
• Minimum 6 GB of memory
  -  For enterprise-scale deployment, at least 16 GB of memory is recommended 
  
• 50 GB of available disk space after installation and configuration of the base operating system 

Originally certified on 7.0.0.11, validated on 7.0.0.21.

WebSphere Application Server Required Fixes for 7.0.0.21: PM53930, PM56596, PM60895

For those running 7.0.0.19 and upgrading to 7.0.0.21, PM51981 is required.

Fix Pack 5 or later Fix Packs

Any enterprise feed reader supporting Atom protocol

Domino 8.x and beyond;
Fix Pack 5

Domino 8.x and beyond

MS Active Directory 2003 SP2, ADAM

Service Pack 5

Fix Pack 2

Fix Pack 1;
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Fix Pack 5;
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Fix Pack 6;
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Quickr Domino

Quickr J2EE;
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

Fix Pack 2
Lotus Connections Plug-in's

The recommended Proxy server to use is WebSphere Edge Components Caching Proxy 7.0 at  Fix level 7.0.0.4

SPNEGO/Kerberos (WAS 7.0 based)

Not Supported by IBM Connections 3.0 Portlets for WebSphere Portal

Additional requirements for SPNEGO configurations

CA SiteMinder 6.0 for WebSphere

Not Supported by IBM Connections 3.0 Portlets for WebSphere Portal

 

Not Supported by IBM Connections 3.0 Portlets for WebSphere Portal

6.1 Fixpack 4 and greater

RSS feeds does not support IE6 in Lotus Connections 3.0

IBM HTTP Server Fix Pack 11