Introduction

This document outlines the factors influencing the sizing of the following applications: POS Server

This document describes the requirements for CPU, RAM, HDD storage, etc. and gives additional information about application scaling.

• The POS Server is mainly responsible for handling the Enterprise Transaction Pool, where cash register/POS Server transactions are stored.
• The POS Server provides several accounting and reporting functions, which are accessible in the productive environment via a user interface.
• Operations that can be performed with the transactions:
  • Accounting
  • Reporting
  • Exporting
• Accounting and reporting results are provided via calculations. The results are mostly used as data sources for reporting.
• Transactions can be assigned to reporting periods of different types which are closed and opened by master calculations (TillSummary, SafeSummary, StoreSummary).
• The standard product exports are currently designed to process transactions one-by-one and map them to several formats (POSLog and JSON).
• For more information, please see: POS Server Introduction.

Installation, Update and Operation Guide

• For information on the installation process, refer to the Master Installation Guide
• For information on operation, refer to the Operation Guide POS Server
• For information on updates from older versions, refer to the Master Upgrade and Update Guide