System Requirements
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Browser Requirements


Pacific Timesheet is a web-based application and supports the following web browsers:


Supported Browsers

Apple Safari

4.0 or later

Google Chrome

3.0 or later

Microsoft Internet Explorer

7.0 or later

Mozilla Firefox

3.0 or later


Note: This application tries to minimize the use of popup windows as much as possible. However, there are some areas of the application that by necessity require a popup window. You therefore may need to unblock popups for this application under certain circumstances.


Server Requirements


If you are hosting the software yourself, here are the server requirements:


Supported Hardware

Computer and processor

PC or Macintosh with Intel Pentium 4-compatible 2 GHz processor

Memory

2 GB of RAM

Disk space

250 MB of available hard disk space for the program files. Additional space is needed to store timesheets and other employee data (see below).


Supported Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows

Server 2003, Server 2008, Vista, 7

Linux

SUSE, RedHat or any other Linux distribution capable of running Java 1.5 or later.

Apple Macintosh

OS X, any version capable of running Java 1.5 or later.


Supported Databases

Microsoft SQL Server

SQL Server 2005, 2008 with Mixed Mode Authentication (Windows Authentication and SQL Server Authentication) enabled.

MySQL

Version 5.0.22 or later.

Oracle

Oracle 9i or later.


In general, hard disk space is related to the number of timesheets written annually. A timesheet typically requires about 150K of storage. Based on this value the following table will help you determine the amount of hard disk usage you can expect annually:


Hard Disk Usage

Timesheets Per Year

Hard Disk Allocation Per Year

500

75 MB

5,000

750 MB

10,000

1.5 GB

20,000

3 GB


You can optionally integrate with access devices to record employee time and attendance. The following devices are supported:


Manufacturer

Model

ACTAtek

www.actatek.com

  • PIN
  • Smart Card
  • Fingerprint
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