System requirements/technical specifications for OXID eShop Enterprise Edition

Webserver

• Apache version 1.3 or higher
• Zend Optimizer 3.3.0 or higher must be installed
• Minimum 500 MB free Webspace
• mod_rewrite extension installed

MySQL

• MySQL 5.0.33 or higher
  Due to a bug in MySQL 5.0.36 and 5.0.37 as well as 5.0.41, the OXID eShop does not run properly with these versions. If you are using MySQL 5.0.36 or 5.0.37, update MySQL to a newer version.
• SUPER privileges for the database user during the installation process.

PHP

• PHP 5.2.0* or higher. Due to performance matters, PHP 5.2.6 recommended.
• memory_limit must be at least 32MB. We recommend memory_limit set to 60MB.
• Activated allow_url_fopen or  fsockopen on port 80 possible
• Apache server variablen REQUEST_URI or SCRIPT_URI must be set
• PHP4 compatibility mode must be set off. (zend.ze1_compatibility_mode = Off)
• ini_set allowed
• register_globals off
• PHP extensions that must be installed:
  
  • GDlib version 2.x
  • MySQL module for MySQL5
  • bcmath
  • JSON
  • php-xml
  • libxml2
  • iconv-extension
  • tokenizer
  • mbstring

_{*Issues may occur if  PHP 5.2.0 is installed as apache module on a 64 bit operating system. In you are using this combination, update PHP to a newer version for avoiding problems.}

For optimum performance we also recommend:

• Installed ZEND Platform Version 3.5
• Installed database cluster
• It may be necessary to use a separate server depending on the server load (preferably in managed operation). In the event of an increasing load the operation of a server farm with load balancing function and a database cluster is to be considered. Here is an overview of the possible operating conditions, which are based on the following assumptions:

• Number of categories is 20% of the number of items, e.g. 1,000 items = 200 categories
• The flow of visitors is distributed over more than 14 hours per day on average
• The item number also includes possible item variants
• Despite this reduced functionality may be experienced during some intensive activities (e.g. exporting) – this depends on your provider (keywords PHP max_execution_time and memory_limit).