Database Requirements

XIA Configuration Server stores configuration information in a Microsoft SQL Server database, either locally or on a remote machine.

SQL Server Versions

SQL Server Additional Requirements

All editions of Microsoft SQL Server are supported, please review the requirements and limitations of each edition against your storage requirements.
If you don't have Microsoft SQL Server installed, download and install SQL Express for free.
We recommended that SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is installed to allow for troubleshooting.
Installations with server level, case sensitive collations are not supported.
For security and performance reasons it is recommended that the Microsoft SQL Server used should be dedicated for the XIA Configuration Server installation, however this is not a requirement.
Clustered installations of Microsoft SQL Server are supported.