AppSuite:OX System Requirements

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OX App Suite Requirements - Open-Xchange supported components overview

The following table provides an overview about the supported components at the OX User Front-End, Connector for Microsoft Outlook and Connector for Business Mobility. This overview makes no claim to be complete.

Open-Xchange Server 6 overview tables about the supported components at the OX User Front-End, Connector for Microsoft Outlook and Connector for Business Mobility are available at OX 6 Requirements - Open-Xchange supported components overview

Installation-, Hardware-, Software-Requirements

Please note: Installation and administration of the OX App Suite requires basic knowledge of E-Mail systems under Linux, Apache and MySQL as well as experience in the command line administration of Linux systems.

OX App Suite:

  • Memory 8 GB - 12 GB
    Please Note: If you want to install OX in a VM memory needs to be allocated exclusively to that installation (and not shared with other VM's). This also applies to the database and other related systems or componenets.
  • Disk 500 MB plus User Data
  • Supported Platform Architecture: 64 bit Operation Systems (x84_64)
  • Supported IMAP Server: Cyrus or Courier or Dovecot or UW IMAP (To some extent)

Supported Update Path

OX Server 6 OX App Suite Update supported
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v6.22.1 v7.0 Check.gif
v6.20.x v7.0 Cross.gif
v6.18.x v7.0 Cross.gif
Older Versions v7.0 Cross.gif

Desktop Browser (Minimum display resolution: 1024 x 768)

Browser OX User Front-End
   
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 Check.gif
Mozilla Firefox (latest & previous version) Check.gif
Google Chrome (latest & previous version) Check.gif
Apple Safari (latest version & previous version. Mac OS X only) Check.gif

Mobile Device Support

Mobile Device Supported Browser OX User Front-End Minimum Speed Requirements
       
iPhone on iOS 6 / iOS 7 Safari Check.gif 3G connections (512/256kBit/s, 350ms latency)
Smartphone on Android Jelly Bean (4.1 - 4.2) Chrome (latest & previous version) Check.gif 3G connections (512/256kBit/s, 350ms latency)

Tablet Support

Tablet Supported Browser OX User Front-End Minimum Speed Requirements
       
Apple iPad (all devices) on iOS 6 / iOS 7 Safari Check.gif 3G connections (512/256kBit/s, 350ms latency)
Tablets on Android Jelly Bean (4.1 - 4.2) Chrome (latest & previous version) Check.gif 3G connections (512/256kBit/s, 350ms latency)

MS Windows / MS Outlook® / OX Notifier / OX Updater

Requirement Connector 2 for Microsoft Outlook OX Notifier v1.0.0 OX Updater
       
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Client PC operating system Latest versions of Windows 7, latest versions of Windows 8 (no support of Mac OS X clients with emulators and Windows RT) Latest Versions of Windows 7 (each with 32 + 64 bit) (no support of Mac OS X clients with emulators), latest versions of Windows 8 (no support of start screen tiles) Latest Versions of Windows 7 (each with 32 + 64 bit) (no support of Mac OS X clients with emulators), latest versions of Windows 8 (no support of start screen tiles)
Supported Outlook versions Latest Versions of Microsoft Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013 (no support of "Office 2010 Click-to-Run", "Office Home and Business 2010 Testversion")    

Calendar/Contact synchronization

Requirement Calendar synchronization with CalDAV Contacts synchronization with CardDAV iOS Calendar / Contacts
       
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Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) Check.gif Check.gif Cross.gif
Apple iOS 5 Cross.gif Cross.gif Check.gif
Apple iOS 6 Cross.gif Cross.gif Check.gif
Apple iOS 7 Cross.gif Cross.gif Check.gif

Mobility Solution - Supported- Platforms, Features and Devices

Feature/Technology/Device OXtender for Business Mobility (availalble for App Suite, OXHE, OXSE) Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface (availalble for AppSuite, OXHE, OXSE)
The web interface is optimized for a display size of 320 x 480 pixels. Smaller resolutions may result displaying issues of some UI elements.
     
Exchange Active Sync 2.5 Check.gif Cross.gif
Exchange Active Sync 12.1 Check.gif Cross.gif
     
Access and creation of emails Check.gif Check.gif
Personal PIM folder Check.gif Check.gif
Public and Shared PIM folder Cross.gif Cross.gif
Global address book Check.gif Check.gif
Push E-Mail Check.gif Cross.gif
     
Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8 (latest & previous minor versions) Check.gif Cross.gif
iPhone iOS 6, iOS 7 (latest & previous minor versions) Check.gif Check.gif
HTC Devices Check.gif Check.gif
Android 2.3 - 4 (latest & previous minor versions) Check.gif Check.gif

OX Drive for Clients

Requirement System / Platform Tested Devices
     
OX App Suite OX App Suite v7.4.2  
Supported Platforms Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (Squeeze), Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 (Wheezy), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, RedHat Enterprise Linux 6, CentOS 6
Univention Corporate Server (planned for Q2)
 
OX Drive for Windows Latest Versions of Windows 7, Windows 8 (no support of Mac OS X clients with emulators and Windows RT)  
OX Drive for Mac OS Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)  
OX Drive for iOS Apple iOS 6, Apple iOS 7 Apple iPhone 5, Apple iPhone 5s
OX Drive for Android Smartphone on Android Jelly Bean (4.1 - 4.2), Tablets on Android Jelly Bean (4.1 - 4.2) Samsung Galaxy S3 mini, Samsung Galaxy S4, Nexus 4

Server Platforms

Platforms OX App Suite Supported Java Versions Supported MySQL Versions
       
Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES 11) Check.gif IBM Java 7 MySQL 5.5.x (for SP3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6) Check.gif OpenJDK 6 or Oracle Java 7 MySQL v5.1.x
Debian 6 Check.gif SUN Java 6, OpenJDK 6 or Oracle Java 7 MySQL v5.1.x
Debian 7 Check.gif OpenJDK 7 or Oracle Java 7 MySQL v5.5.x
CentOS 6 Check.gif OpenJDK 6 or Oracle Java 6 MySQL v5.1.x
Univention Corporate Server 3.x Check.gif OpenJDK 1.6 MySQL v5.1.x

Please Note: To gain higher availability a setup based on Percona XtraDB 5.5 is supported like described in this article: Galera database setup