Platforms
Server Operating Systems
The QuestFields Server runs in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition versions 1.4, 1.5, or 1.6), which is supported on virtually all server operating systems:
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Windows (Windows 2000 or later)
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Linux (various distributions)
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UNIX (including Sun Solaris, HP-UX, and Mac OS X)
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OpenVMS
The QuestFields Server software was designed to have a low processor footprint. Memory usage can easily be fine tuned so it runs blazingly fast alongside your other server applications.
Web Servers
The client components of the QuestField can either be served from the application server (see below) or from your current static web server, such as:
The QuestFields Server can be installed on a dedicated machine, but it typically runs seamlessly on the same system that also runs the web server and/or the database. The QuestObjects Protocol (QOP) shares port 80 with other web applications, or it can run over a dedicated port. SSL is also fully supported.
Application Servers
The QuestFields Server is based on the Servlet standard that is used throughout enterprises worldwide. The QuestFields Server runs on all application servers that comply to the servlet standard as defined by Sun Microsystems, including:
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The QuestFields Server ships with the free open-source application server Apache Tomcat.
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Customers can deploy the QuestObjects Server software on their licensed IBM WebSphere application servers.
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Customers can deploy the QuestObjects Server software on their licensed BEA WebLogic application servers.
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Web Browsers
For the latest list of browsers supported by QuestFields, please refer to the Supported Browsers page.

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