Getting Started with Quark Publishing Platform 2015 - December 2019 Update (v15.0)

System requirements

The Quark Publishing Platform system requirements listed below are baseline requirements, but your number of users, number of assets, and number of asset revisions affect system performance. The requirements with an asterisk are affected by these variables. RAM requirements do not include other third-party application requirements on the computer, so factor accordingly. Also, the requirements for QuarkXPress Server, QuarkXPress, and QuarkCopyDesk are not listed below. See the readme files for these applications for system requirements (stored in the "Documents" folder at the root level of the application folder).

The operating system requirements listed in this document include the most current patches and service packs.

Quark Publishing Platform Server: Windows

This section lists baseline minimum requirements for evaluation and demonstration. Like any enterprise system, performance is highly contextual based on data complexity, number of requests, and IT infrastructure. Your specific requirements for production shall require development as part of the overall solution planning process. For more information, please contact www.quark.com/support/ or your Quark sales contact.

Scaling a system up for production usage increases competition for limited hardware and network resources. Here are some considerations to take into account when thinking about a new or expanded deployment:

  • User profile analysis (e.g. user group locations, active hours of usage, rough distribution of user personas)

  • Number of named users

  • Estimated average and peak number of concurrent users

  • Estimated user activity based on role

    • Number of revisions each user produces in an hour

    • Number of previews each user requests in an hour

    • Number of searches each user may run in an hour

    • Number of publications delivered per week (on average)

  • System data analysis

    • Current number of assets by file type

    • Number of revisions for each asset

    • Average asset size

  • System automation analysis

    • Number and complexity of additional interconnected systems

    • Number and complexity of automated system tasks

    • Frequency of major editorial and publishing cycles

  • Estimated content richness, on average

    • Number of document types

    • Number of estimated documents for each document type

    • Number of pages in each document

    • Number of tables in each document

    • Number of page layouts in a single document intended for print output (i.e. portrait or landscape)

    • Number of interactive elements in a single document intended for digital output

    • Number of image references per document

    • Number of other references per document

Hardware

Table 1: Baseline minimum requirements

Server Type

Minimum Ram

Minimum Cores

Disk Space

Database

8GB total RAM

CPU: 4 Core Intel Xeon, 64-bit

50GB

Platform Server

8GB total RAM*

CPU: 4 Core Intel Xeon, 64-bit

25GB hard disk space for Quark Publishing Platform Server installation.  50GB to 150GB hard disk space for storing the assets.
Quark does not recommend using low-end desktop computers and laptops as server computers.

Software

Quark Publishing Platform Server

Windows Server 2012 R2, 64-bit, Windows Server 2016, 64-bit, Windows Server 2019, 64-bit, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo)

Java Runtime Environment 1.8

Quark License Administrator (QLA) 4.5.0.2or QLA Server 4.6 (Windows only)

Required for Quark Publishing Platform Server and QuarkXPress Server

QuarkXPress Server 15.1.2

  • QuarkXPress Server is required for Quark Publishing Platform Server

  • Quark recommends improving performance by installing and running QuarkXPress Server with a minimum of four active sub-renderers

.NET Framework 4.6.2 or later

Supported virtualization platforms*

  • VMware ESXi (virtualization platform)

  • Microsoft Hyper V

Quark Publishing Platform Database*

Databases

Supported Version

SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server 2016(Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition)

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1 (Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition)

Microsoft Azure SQL 

Oracle

Oracle 12c (with latest patch set) on Windows Server 2012 and Red Hat Linux Enterprise 6.0 edition.
If you plan to use a Microsoft SQL Server database, you must first install Microsoft SQL Server. If you plan to use an Oracle database on Windows, you must first install Oracle. Then run the "Quark Publishing Platform Server.exe" installer on Windows, click Install Platform Database, and follow instructions on the screen to create Quark Publishing Platform schema in your Microsoft SQL Server database or Oracle database.

Supported web containers

Quark Publishing Platform Server can run in the following Web containers:

Web containers

Supported Version

Certified On

Apache Tomcat (embedded or external)

7.x

7.0.77

 

 

 

Quark Publishing Asset Repository Windows

For production, Quark recommends that a SAN (Storage Area Network) be used as the File server. Create the Asset Repository on the same machine on which Quark Publishing Server is running.

We do support remote mounts for File Servers but they are not recommended.

QuarkXPress Server

For QuarkXPress Server hardware recommendations, please see the Getting Started with QuarkXPress Server.

Quark Publishing Platform Client: macOS

Hardware

  • 4GB total RAM* (8GB recommended)

  • 2GB hard disk space for program files and enough hard disk space to store checked-out assets*

  • 64-bit

  • TCP/IP network

Software

  • macOS 10.10.x (Yosemite), 10.11.x (El Capitan), macOS 10.12.x (Sierra), or macOS 10.13.x (High Sierra)

Quark Publishing Platform Client: Windows

Hardware

  • 4GB total RAM* (8GB recommended)

  • 2GB hard disk space for program files and enough hard disk space to store checked-out assets*

  • 64-bit

Software

  • Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (Business or Ultimate Edition), Windows 8.1 (64 bit) or Windows 10 (64 bit)

  • .NET Framework 4.6.2 or later

Quark Publishing Platform Web Client and Web Admin

Browser

Supported

Not Supported

Microsoft Edge

 

X

Internet Explorer 11

X

 

Internet Explorer 10

X

 

Internet Explorer 9

X

 

Internet Explorer 8

 

X

Google Chrome (latest released version)

X

 

Mozilla Firefox (latest released version)

X

 

Apple Safari (latest released version)

X

 

Quark Author Web Edition

Browser

Supported

Not Supported

Microsoft Edge

 

X

Internet Explorer 11*

X

 

Internet Explorer 10

X

 

Internet Explorer 9

 

X

Google Chrome (latest released version)

X

 

Mozilla Firefox (latest released version)

 

X

Apple Safari (latest released version)

X

 

*Some features of Quark Author rely on IE 10 compatibility mode.

Quark Publishing Platform Adapter for Microsoft Office - Word

Quark Publishing Platform supports Microsoft Office - Word 2010 32-bit, 2013 32-bit and 64-bit, 2016 32-bit and 64-bit and Office 365 Desktop Edition (with Word 2013 and 2016).

Prerequisites:

  • .NET framework 4.6.2 or later

  • Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime

Quark Publishing Platform Adapter for Microsoft Office - Excel

Quark Publishing Platform supports Microsoft Office - Excel 2010 32-bit, 2013 32-bit and 64-bit, 2016 32-bit and 64-bit and Office 365 Desktop Edition (with Excel 2013 and 2016).

Prerequisites:

  • .NET framework 4.6.2 or later

  • Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime

Quark Publishing Platform Adapter for Microsoft Office - PowerPoint

Quark Publishing Platform supports Microsoft Office - PowerPoint 2010 32-bit, 2013 32-bit and 64-bit, 2016 32-bit and 64-bit and Office 365 Desktop Edition (with PowerPoint 2013 and 2016).

Prerequisites:

  • .NET framework 4.6.2 or later

  • Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime

Quark Publishing Platform Adapter for Microsoft Office - Visio

Quark Publishing Platform supports Microsoft Office - Visio 2013 32-bit and 64-bit, 2016 32-bit and 64-bit and Office 365 Desktop Edition (with Visio 2013 and 2016).

Prerequisites:

  • .NET framework 4.6.2 or later

  • Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime

Quark XML Author for Quark Publishing Platform

Quark Publishing Platform supports Quark XML Author 2015 – 7.0.0.0. For Quark XML Author system requirements, see the Quark XML Author for Quark Publishing Platform ReadMe.

QuarkXPress for Quark Publishing Platform

Quark Publishing Platform supports QuarkXPress 15.1.2. For QuarkXPress system requirements, see the Getting Started with QuarkXPress.

QuarkCopyDesk for Quark Publishing Platform

Quark Publishing Platform supports QuarkCopyDesk 15.1.2. For QuarkCopyDesk system requirements, see the QuarkCopyDesk ReadMe.

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