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, 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).