Technical Requirements
The following information is a summary of the technical requirements for an on-premise or based deployment of Clarity LIMS v6 and later. To install and use Clarity LIMS, the client and server systems must meet these requirements. Clarity LIMS is designed to run on standard commodity hardware. The requirements provide general guidelines for your hardware configuration. You can obtain specific configuration quotes from the hardware vendor of your choice.
Allow enough time for the procurement of your hardware and software. Make sure that all components are installed and configured before proceeding with the installation of Clarity LIMS.
Production Server Requirements
For on-premise deployments, Clarity LIMS has two levels of recommended hardware. For larger labs in full production, we strongly suggest the high-throughput requirements.
The production server must be configured in US locale.
Recommended
Server class 64-bit CPU with at least eight cores at 2.9 GHz
20 MB shared cache (L3) memory
32 GB RAM
6 GB allocated to Tomcat
6 GB allocated to the database
2 GB allocated to ElasticSearch
100 GB hard disk drive space for the operating system, application, and log storage
1 Gbps Ethernet network or faster
High-throughput:
Server class 64-bit CPU with at least 16 cores at 2.9 GHz
20 MB shared cache (L3) memory
64 GB RAM
12 GB allocated to Tomcat
12 GB allocated to the database
4 GB allocated to ElasticSearch
100 GB hard disk drive space for the operating system, application, and log storage
1 Gbps Ethernet network or faster
For hosted deployments, Illumina sizes the system accordingly for system load. We reserve the right to archive auditing information to maintain system performance as the data set grows.
If your subscription is not renewed for your hosted deployment, at your request, we will supply you with an export of all user data. In practice, we will provide a database dump and details on the database schema for you to pull out any data you need going forward.
Server Operating System Requirements
For on-premise deployments, Clarity LIMS has been qualified to run with the following server operating systems versions:
RedHat Enterprise Linux v8.10 (64-bit)
Oracle Linux v8.10 (64-bit)
For hosted deployments, Illumina uses the latest qualified Oracle Linux version.
Database Requirements
For on-premise deployments, Clarity LIMS has been qualified to run with PostgreSQL 15.7.
For hosted deployments, Illumina uses the latest qualified PostgreSQL version.
Web Client Requirements
The following client requirements apply to both on-premise and hosted deployments.
Hardware
64-bit processor (dual-core 3.0 GHz)
8 GB RAM
Operating Systems
Windows (10 or later)
Linux (restricted to the server-supported versions listed previously)
Macintosh OS (13 Venture or later)
iOS (17 or later) on iPad running Safari browser
Web Browsers
Google Chrome (latest update)
Mozilla Firefox (latest update)
Apple Safari on iPad only (latest update)
Other Requirements
1280 x 800 or higher
Cookies and JavaScript must be enabled
For both on-premise and hosted deployments, a 20 Mbs network connection speed from client to server is required. If remote access via VPN is needed for LDAP or instrument integrations, we recommend 100 Mb/s network connection speed between your site and the hosted instance.
Automation Worker Requirements
The following requirements apply to automation workers installed on premise, for both on premise deployments and hosted deployments, to support instrument integrations.
Hardware
64-bit processor
2 Gb RAM
Hard disk drive space equivalent to twice the size of the largest file you are planning to transfer
Operating Systems
Windows 10 (or Windows Server 2016/2022)
RedHat Enterprise Linux v8.10
Oracle Linux v8.10
Applications
Linux – Illumina installs Java Open JDK 8.0 update 362 (1.8.0_362)
Windows – Clients must install Java Open JDK 8.0 update 362 (1.8.0_292)
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