https://doc.castsoftware.com/export-v2/sizing/cast-imaging/Recent content in CAST Imaging on Documentation - V2Hugoenhttps://doc.castsoftware.com/export-v2/sizing/cast-imaging/deployment-considerations-for-cast-imaging/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://doc.castsoftware.com/export-v2/sizing/cast-imaging/deployment-considerations-for-cast-imaging/<div class="alert alert-info" role="alert"><div class="h4 alert-heading" role="heading">Info</div> <p><strong>Summary</strong>: information to help you plan your <strong>AIP for Imaging</strong> installation.</p> </div> <h2 id="typical-communication-between-cast-components">Typical communication between CAST components</h2> <p>The following diagram shows the interaction between <strong>AIP Console</strong> and the <strong>main CAST Components</strong>. It also shows the flow from the source code delivery to the CAST Imaging data consumption:</p> <p><em>Click to enlarge</em></p> <p><img src="https://doc-data.castsoftware.com/IMAGING/attachments/506760183/599818361.png" alt=""></p> <h2 id="required-components">Required components</h2> <table class="wrapped confluenceTable"><colgroup><col/><col/></colgroup><tbody><tr><th class="confluenceTh">Package/Component</th><th class="confluenceTh">Description</th></tr><tr><th class="confluenceTh" colspan="1">CAST Imaging</th><td class="confluenceTd" colspan="1"><p><strong>CAST Imaging</strong> is the component used to display and investigate the analysis results:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>This component can be installed on<strong> Windows</strong> (directly or via Docker) or <strong>Linux </strong>(via Docker).</li><li>Only <strong>one instance</strong> can be "fed" with analysis results.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th class="confluenceTh">AIP Core</th><td class="confluenceTd"><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>AIP Core </strong>is the "backbone" analysis engine:</p>https://doc.castsoftware.com/export-v2/sizing/cast-imaging/hardware-requirements-for-cast-imaging/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://doc.castsoftware.com/export-v2/sizing/cast-imaging/hardware-requirements-for-cast-imaging/<div class="alert alert-info" role="alert"><div class="h4 alert-heading" role="heading">Info</div> <p>Note that:</p> <ul> <li>hardware requirements depend on various factors related to the Application(s) you are analyzing and these must be considered: <ul> <li>Number of lines of code (LOC)</li> <li>Number of objects after analysis</li> <li>Number of violations after analysis</li> <li>Technologies used</li> <li>Number of users accessing results</li> </ul> </li> <li>due to the different factors that need to be considered, it is difficult to make precise hardware recommendations, therefore what we provide in this page is <strong>indicative</strong> only. We provide these figures as a guide to the <strong>absolute minimum</strong> required to run AIP Console and all required components, and your own configuration will <strong>likely require better hardware</strong>.</li> <li>using storage/disk with <strong>high IOPS values</strong> (i.e. SSD disks or SANs configured with SSD) will bring <strong>better performance</strong>. This is particularly true for servers hosting AIP Core/AIP Node and PostgreSQL components where faster storage will improve analysis performance.</li> <li>installations of AIP Core/AIP Node on servers with resources that are lower than the minimum required or that barely meet the minimum requirements will have the following limitations: <ul> <li>analysis runtime and SQL operations will be sub-optimal</li> <li>you cannot run more than one application in parallel</li> <li>disk space can be quickly overloaded</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h3 id="on-premises">On-premises</h3> <h4 id="multi-node-largeenterprise--minimum-requirements">Multi-node (Large/Enterprise) - minimum requirements</h4> <h5 id="with-aip-console-v-2x">With AIP Console v. 2.x</h5> <table class="wrapped confluenceTable"><colgroup><col style="width: 298.0px;"/><col style="width: 114.0px;"/><col style="width: 103.0px;"/><col style="width: 118.0px;"/><col style="width: 55.0px;"/><col style="width: 131.0px;"/><col/><col style="width: 89.0px;"/><col style="width: 914.0px;"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><th class="confluenceTh"><p><strong>Component</strong></p>https://doc.castsoftware.com/export-v2/sizing/cast-imaging/software-requirements-for-cast-imaging/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://doc.castsoftware.com/export-v2/sizing/cast-imaging/software-requirements-for-cast-imaging/<div class="alert alert-info" role="alert"><div class="h4 alert-heading" role="heading">Info</div> <p><strong>Summary</strong>:  information to help you plan your <strong>AIP for Imaging</strong></p> <p>installation.</p> </div> <h2 id="cast-imaging">CAST Imaging</h2> <h3 id="traditional-installer-for-microsoft-windows">Traditional installer for Microsoft Windows</h3> <table class="wrapped confluenceTable"> <colgroup> <col/> <col/> <col/> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <th class="confluenceTh" colspan="1">Software</th> <th class="confluenceTh" colspan="1">Required</th> <th class="confluenceTh" colspan="1">Notes</th> </tr> <tr> <th class="confluenceTh" colspan="1">Host Operating System</th> <td class="confluenceTd" colspan="1" style="text-align: center;"> ✅ </td> <td class="confluenceTd" colspan="1"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <p> <strong>Microsoft Windows</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Windows 10</li> <li>Windows 11</li> <li>Windows Server 2025 (64bit) - supported in <strong>CAST Imaging ≥ 1.6.0</strong> </li> <li>Windows Server 2022 (64bit) - supported in <strong>CAST Imaging ≥ 1.6.0</strong> </li> <li>Windows Server 2019 (64bit) - supported in <strong>CAST Imaging ≥ 1.6.0</strong> </li> <li>Windows Server 2016 <span>(64bit)</span> </li> </ul> <div class="alert alert-info" role="alert"> <p>Installations of Windows Server using only <strong>Server Core</strong> (i.e. without a GUI) are not supported. </p>