Technical Requirements
The following information is a summary of the technical requirements for an on-premise or cloud based deployment of BaseSpace Clarity LIMS v6 and later. To install and use Clarity LIMS, the client and server systems must meet these requirements. Clarity LIMS is designed to run on standard commodity hardware. The requirements provide general guidelines for your hardware configuration. You can obtain specific configuration quotes from the hardware vendor of your choice.
Before installing Clarity LIMS, you must also organize, install, and/or configure some essential components. For details on these components and installation and configuration instructions, see the Pre-Installation Requirements.
Allow enough time for the procurement of your hardware and software. Make sure that all components are installed and configured before proceeding with the installation of Clarity LIMS.
Production Server Requirements
For on-premise deployments, Clarity LIMS has two levels of recommended hardware. For larger labs in full production, we strongly suggest the high-throughput requirements.
The production server must be configured in US locale.
Recommended
| • | Server class 64-bit CPU with at least eight cores at 2.9 GHz |
| • | 20 MB cache per core |
| • | 32 GB RAM |
| • | 6 GB allocated to Tomcat |
| • | 6 GB allocated to the database |
| • | 2 GB allocated to ElasticSearch |
| • | 100 GB hard disk drive space for the operating system, application, and log storage |
| • | 1 Gbps Ethernet network or faster |
High-throughput
| • | Server class 64-bit CPU with at least 16 cores at 2.9 GHz |
| • | 20 MB cache per core |
| • | 64 GB RAM |
| • | 8 GB allocated to Tomcat |
| • | 8 GB allocated to the database |
| • | 2 GB allocated to ElasticSearch |
| • | 100 GB hard disk drive space for the operating system, application, and log storage |
| • | 1 Gbps Ethernet network or faster |
Memory requirements must be discussed at the beginning of the project, before ordering hardware.
The amount of hard disk drive space required is contingent on the frequency and amount of data generated in your lab. We recommend that you take inventory of all instruments that will be used with Clarity LIMS and calculate the amount of data generated for each of them.
To make sure that your data are protected, we recommend that your Clarity LIMS server contain redundant storage and that you perform regular backups.
For robust network performance, make sure that there are no bottlenecks lower than 100 Mbps on any connected network devices (routers, firewalls, switches). This is especially important when handling the large amounts of data produced by certain instruments.
The physical hardware specifications described are also valid for Virtual Machine (VM) environments. If you have questions about your VM architecture, contact Illumina Support.
For Illumina cloud hosted deployments, Illumina sizes the system accordingly for system load. We reserve the right to archive auditing information to maintain system performance as the data set grows.
If your subscription is not renewed for your Illumina cloud hosted deployment, at your request, we will supply you with an export of all user data. In practice, we will provide a database dump and details on the database schema for you to pull out any data you need going forward.
Server Operating System Requirements
For on-premise deployments, Clarity LIMS has been qualified to run with the following server operating systems versions:
| • | RedHat Enterprise Linux v8.8 (64-bit) or later |
| • | Oracle Linux v8.8 (64-bit) or later |
SELinux is not supported and must be set to either permissive or disabled mode.
For Illumina cloud hosted deployments, Illumina uses the latest qualified Oracle Linux version.
Database Requirements
For on-premise deployments, Clarity LIMS has been qualified to run with PostgreSQL 15.2.
For Illumina cloud hosted deployments, Illumina uses the latest qualified PostgreSQL version.
Web Client Requirements
The following client requirements apply to both on-premise and Illumina cloud hosted deployments.
Hardware
| • | 64-bit processor (dual-core 3.0 GHz) |
| • | 8 GB RAM |
Operating Systems
| • | Windows 10 |
Microsoft Surface Pro support is for all operations only when a mouse is used. Touch screen support is for read-only lab work. Running samples through steps is not supported.
| • | Linux (restricted to the server-supported versions listed previously) |
| • | Macintosh OS X (12 Monterey or later) |
| • | iOS 15 on iPad running Safari browser |
iPad support is for read-only lab work. Running samples through steps is not supported.
Web Browsers
| • | Google Chrome (latest update) |
| • | Mozilla Firefox (latest update) |
| • | Apple Safari on iPad only (latest update) |
Other Requirements
| • | 1280 x 800 or higher |
| • | Cookies and JavaScript must be enabled |
For both on-premise and Illumina cloud hosted deployments, a 20 Mbs network connection speed from client to server is required. If remote access via VPN is needed for LDAP or instrument integrations, we recommend 100 Mbs network connection speed between your site and the hosted instance.
Automation Worker Requirements
The following requirements apply to automation workers installed on premise, for both on premise deployments and Illumina cloud hosted deployments, to support instrument integrations.
Hardware
| • | 64-bit processor |
| • | 1 Gb RAM |
| • | Hard disk drive space equivalent to twice the size of the largest file you are planning to transfer |
Operating Systems
| • | Windows 10 |
| • | RedHat Enterprise Linux v8.8 or later |
| • | Oracle Linux v8.8 or later |
Applications
| • | Linux – Illumina installs Java Open JDK 8.0 update 362 (1.8.0_362) |
| • | Windows – Clients must install Java Open JDK 8.0 update 362 (1.8.0_292) |
