Inquisite Survey System

System Requirements

End User Requirements

Survey Respondents and Inquisite Survey Analysts

  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or 6.0; Firefox 2.0

 
Inquisite Survey Administrators
(creating surveys and emailing invitations)

  • Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, 2003, or 2000
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or 6.0 (required for the interactive HTML invitation and reminder editor); Firefox 2.0
  • 1 GHz or higher Intel or compatible processor

 
Inquisite Reporting Plug-in for Microsoft Office

The Inquisite Reporting Plug-in for Microsoft Office requires the .NET Framework v2.0. If you have internet access, then you can download the framework as part of the installation process. If you do not have internet access, then you will need to acquire the .NET Framework v2.0 and install it before you run the Reporting Plug-in install. The Inquisite Reporting Plug-in requires one of the following versions of Microsoft Office:

  • Microsoft Office XP, 2003, or 2000
  • 1 GHz or higher Intel or compatible processor

Server Requirements

Web Server
(hosts web surveys deployed by the Inquisite Survey System)

  • Windows 2003 Server (32-bit version) or 2000 Server
  • Microsoft IIS 6.0 or 5.0
  • Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0
  • 1 GHz or higher Intel or compatible processor
  • 1 GB memory or higher
  • 500 MB free disk space

 
Application Server
(hosts Inquisite server applications: Survey Administrator, Survey Collection, Survey Web Reporting)

  • Windows 2003 Server (32-bit version) or 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Data Access Components MDAC 2.8 or higher with SQL Server or Oracle client driver
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
  • Relay access to SMTP server (for sending system notifications and email invitations)
  • 1 GHz or higher Intel or compatible processor
  • 1 GB memory or higher
  • 500 MB free disk space

 
Database Server
(hosts Inquisite administration database and survey results database)

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2000
  • Oracle 10g or 9.2
  • Please refer to your database vendor's website for database hardware requirements

 

Inquisite Respondent Management Module (RMM)

End User Requirements

RMM Survey Portal

  • Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, 2003, or 2000
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or 6.0; Firefox 2.0

 
RMM Sample Managers and Administrators

  • Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, 2003, or 2000
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or 6.0

Server Requirements

Web Server

  • Windows 2003 Server or 2000 Server
  • Microsoft IIS 6.0 or 5.0
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
  • Microsoft Enterprise Instrumentation (requires .NET Framework 1.1)
  • Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions 1.0
  • 1 GHz or higher Intel or compatible processor
  • 1 GB memory or higher
  • 500 MB free disk space

 
Application Server

  • Windows 2003 Server (32-bit version) or 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Data Access Components MDAC 2.8 or higher with SQL Server client driver
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
  • Microsoft Enterprise Instrumentation (requires .NET Framework 1.1)
  • Relay access to SMTP server (for sending system notifications and email invitations)
  • 1 GHz or higher Intel or compatible processor
  • 1 GB memory or higher
  • 500 MB free disk space

 
Database Server

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2000
  • Please refer to your database vendor's website for database hardware requirements

 
General Server Recommendations

It is possible for all Inquisite server components to co-exist on a single server. However, for performance and stability reasons, we strongly recommend that the Inquisite system be distributed across two servers at a minimum: a Web/Application server and a Database server. We recommend that all Inquisite servers have at least 4 GB of RAM, 1 GHz or higher processor and a minimum of 2 GB disk space in a hardware RAID. We also strongly recommend the use of a file backup/recovery system and an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).