All software components described above are also present in any real CROSSCAP Enterprise system. However, the amount of PCs deployed and the way the server software is installed will vary from system to system, depending on customer requirements. The following exemplary system setup will be discussed, here:

Server PC (1)

In our sample system, all CROSSCAP Enterprise server components have been installed on a single, high-performance PC (even though the database, core, services and licensing components can be installed on separate PCs).

Since great amounts of image data are being moved and processed by the server (but not displayed), please make sure that the designated PC features powerful CPUs, sufficient RAM, fast hard disk(s) and a fast network connection. For minimum technical requirements, please refer to chapter Introduction, section System requirements.

Administration PC

Since the administration interface is browser-based, any (old) PC may be used for this purpose, provided it has network access to the CROSSCAP Enterprise system. Also, there is no need for a dedicated administration PC. The web administration can also be run piggy-back on any other PC in the system, such as a CROSSCAP Scan-Client or CROSSCAP Multi-Client (or even the server).

Multi-client PCs (3)

In this sample system, the CROSSCAP Multi-Client software has been installed on three PCs. Therefore, quality assurance, manual indexing and digital signatures can now be simultaneously performed on separate and dedicated PCs.

Since great amounts of image data are being moved and displayed, particular attention should be paid to a fast network connection, fast hard-disk(s) (for image caching) and a powerful graphics adapter. For minimum technical requirements, please refer to chapter Introduction, section System requirements.

Scan-client PCs (3)

In the sample system, the CROSSCAP Scan-Client software has been installed on three PCs. This allows for three batch-scans to be run simultaneoulsy, at any time.

Since great amounts of image data are being moved, displayed and processed, by these PCs, particular attention should be paid to a fast network connection, sufficient RAM, fast hard-disk(s) and a powerful graphics adapter. For minimum technical requirements, please refer to chapter Introduction, section System requirements.

If image scanners are attached to scan-clients by ethernet (rather than USB), we recommend the use of a second network adapter, for each of the PCs. This will completely isolate all data transfers between image-scanners and scan-clients from the data transfers occuring between scan-clients and the CROSSCAP Enterprise server, effectively relieving the central network switch (see below).

Ethernet-Network

Since very large amounts of data will be transferred across any CROSSCAP Enterprise system (see Workflow CROSSCAP Enterprise), network design requires particular attention.

Our recommendation is to use Gigabit-ethernet throughout a CROSSCAP Enterprise system. This requires the use of Gigabit-Ethernet (1000 MBit) network adapters, suitable network (and patch) cabling and a Gigabit network switch. In order to interface to a fast-ethernet floor distribution switch, or in order to generally relieve the floor distribution switch from the network traffic caused by the system, we recommend to invest in a separate Gigabit network switch.