1. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.1 PowerSchool 7.0 PowerSchool Application Architecture –PowerSchool 7.0 no longer 4D Application –PowerSchool 7.0 will utilize Apache Tomcat (run as a service) –64-bit architecture for improved server resource utilization –Windows 2008 R2 x64 –PowerSchool and PowerTeacher on same server, referred to as the “Tomcat” node Oracle Database Architecture –Oracle 11g Enterprise –64-bit architecture for improved server resource utilization –Windows 2008 R2 x64 –Enhanced Database management and toolset –Ability to customize Oracle to utilize greater amounts of sever resources

2. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.2 PowerSchool 7.0 Hardware All-in-One Solution – Up to 3,000 Students This is a one server Windows solution with the database and Tomcat application node residing on the same server. Minimum Requirements –(Qty 1) Quad Core 2.0 GHz Processor –8GB RAM –Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition x64 Recommended Configuration –(Qty 2) Quad Core 2.0 GHz Processor or faster –16GB RAM –Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition x64

3. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.3 PowerSchool 7.0 Hardware Two Server Solution – 3,000 to 7,000 Students This is a two server Windows solution with a dedicated database server and a single dedicated Tomcat application node server. Minimum Requirements –Application Node: (Qty 1) Quad Core 2.0 GHz Processor –Application Node: 8GB RAM –Database Server: (Qty 1) Quad Core 2.0 GHz Processor –Database Server: 8GB RAM –Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition x64 Recommended Configuration –Application Node: (Qty 2) Quad Core 2.0 GHz Processor or faster –Application Node: 12GB RAM –Database Server: (Qty 2) Quad Core 2.0 GHz Processor or faster –Database Server: 12GB RAM –Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition x64

4. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.4 PowerSchool 7.0 Hardware Server Array Solution – 7,000 Students or Greater This is a multi server solution with a dedicated database server and multiple dedicated Tomcat application node servers. This solution also requires a load balancer appliance. Minimum Requirements –Application Node: (Qty 1) Quad Core 2.0 GHz Processor –Application Node: 8GB RAM –Database Server: (Qty 1) Quad Core 2.0 GHz Processor –Database Server: 8GB RAM –Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition x64 Recommended Configuration –Application Node: (Qty 2) Quad Core 2.0 GHz Processor or faster –Application Node: 12GB RAM –Database Server: (Qty 2) Quad Core 2.0 GHz Processor or faster –Database Server: 12GB RAM –Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition x64 (Up 32GB RAM) –Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition x64 (Greater than 32GB RAM)

5. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.5 PowerSchool 7 Hardware Server Array Solution – SSL Accelerator The PowerSchool Server Array must use a SSL Accelerator also referred to as a Hardware Load Balancer. The Load Balancer provides the ability to distribute incoming web requests to the Tomcat application nodes. It also provides the ability to terminate SSL connectivity on the Load Balancer itself. This allows SSL processing to be handled by the Load Balancer’s processor and not the actual PowerSchool server’s processors. Tested Load Balancer Appliances –KEMP Technologies Load Master –F5 BigIP Appliances –Cisco Content Services Switch (CSS) 115xx Appliances Load Balancer Appliances –Support for session persistence –Support for SSL termination (If using SSL)

6. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.6 PowerSchool 7.0 Hardware Virtualization Tested Hypervisors –VMware ESX / ESXi 3.x or later –Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V –Parallels Server Supported Virtual Configurations –All-in-One Solution single server deployments –Two Server Solution with virtual a Tomcat Node and a Virtual Database Server –Server Array Solution with virtualized Tomcat Nodes –Virtual Test Bed Servers –Locally hosted entities can virtual multiple instances of PowerSchool Pearson does not recommend virtualizing the Oracle Database Server with districts having greater than 7,000 students.