ContractAI System Requirements

Complete guide to system requirements and infrastructure specifications

Overview

This document outlines the complete system requirements for deploying and running ContractAI across different environments and scales.

System Architecture

graph TD
    A[System] --> B[Hardware]
    A --> C[Software]
    A --> D[Network]
    A --> E[Storage]

    B --> B1[Compute]
    B --> B2[Memory]
    B --> B3[GPU]

    C --> C1[OS]
    C --> C2[Runtime]
    C --> C3[Dependencies]

    D --> D1[Bandwidth]
    D --> D2[Latency]
    D --> D3[Security]

    E --> E1[Database]
    E --> E2[Cache]
    E --> E3[Backup]

Hardware Requirements

Production Environment

graph TD
    A[Production] --> B[Application Servers]
    A --> C[Database Servers]
    A --> D[Cache Servers]

    B --> B1[CPU: 8+ cores]
    B --> B2[RAM: 32GB+]
    B --> B3[Storage: 500GB+]

    C --> C1[CPU: 16+ cores]
    C --> C2[RAM: 64GB+]
    C --> C3[Storage: 2TB+]

    D --> D1[CPU: 4+ cores]
    D --> D2[RAM: 16GB+]
    D --> D3[Storage: 200GB+]

Development Environment

graph TD
    A[Development] --> B[Local Machine]
    A --> C[Test Servers]
    A --> D[CI/CD]

    B --> B1[CPU: 4+ cores]
    B --> B2[RAM: 16GB+]
    B --> B3[Storage: 100GB+]

    C --> C1[CPU: 4+ cores]
    C --> C2[RAM: 16GB+]
    C --> C3[Storage: 200GB+]

    D --> D1[CPU: 2+ cores]
    D --> D2[RAM: 8GB+]
    D --> D3[Storage: 100GB+]

Software Requirements

Operating Systems

graph TD
    A[OS Support] --> B[Linux]
    A --> C[Windows]
    A --> D[macOS]

    B --> B1[Ubuntu 22.04+]
    B --> B2[RHEL 8+]
    B --> B3[Debian 11+]

    C --> C1[Windows Server 2019+]
    C --> C2[Windows 10/11]
    C --> C3[WSL2]

    D --> D1[macOS 12+]
    D --> D2[macOS Server]
    D --> D3[Virtualization]

Runtime Environment

graph TD
    A[Runtime] --> B[Python]
    A --> C[Container]
    A --> D[Database]

    B --> B1[Python 3.12+]
    B --> B2[Virtual Env]
    B --> B3[Pip]

    C --> C1[Docker 24.0+]
    C --> C2[Kubernetes 1.28+]
    C --> C3[Containerd]

    D --> D1[PostgreSQL 15+]
    D --> D2[Redis 7+]
    D --> D3[MongoDB 6+]

Network Requirements

Network Architecture

graph TD
    A[Network] --> B[Internet]
    A --> C[Internal]
    A --> D[Security]

    B --> B1[Bandwidth: 1Gbps+]
    B --> B2[Latency: <50ms]
    B --> B3[Uptime: 99.9%]

    C --> C1[VLAN]
    C --> C2[Load Balancer]
    C --> C3[Firewall]

    D --> D1[SSL/TLS]
    D --> D2[VPN]
    D --> D3[WAF]

Network Components

graph TD
    A[Components] --> B[Load Balancer]
    A --> C[Firewall]
    A --> D[Proxy]

    B --> B1[HAProxy]
    B --> B2[Nginx]
    B --> B3[Cloud LB]

    C --> C1[Network]
    C --> C2[Application]
    C --> C3[Database]

    D --> D1[Reverse]
    D --> D2[Forward]
    D --> D3[Transparent]

Storage Requirements

Storage Architecture

graph TD
    A[Storage] --> B[Database]
    A --> C[Cache]
    A --> D[Backup]

    B --> B1[SSD/NVMe]
    B --> B2[RAID]
    B --> B3[Replication]

    C --> C1[Memory]
    C --> C2[SSD]
    C --> C3[Distributed]

    D --> D1[Local]
    D --> D2[Cloud]
    D --> D3[Archive]

Storage Performance

graph TD
    A[Performance] --> B[Database]
    A --> C[Cache]
    A --> D[Backup]

    B --> B1[IOPS: 10k+]
    B --> B2[Throughput: 1GB/s+]
    B --> B3[Latency: <1ms]

    C --> C1[IOPS: 50k+]
    C --> C2[Throughput: 2GB/s+]
    C --> C3[Latency: <0.1ms]

    D --> D1[IOPS: 1k+]
    D --> D2[Throughput: 100MB/s+]
    D --> D3[Latency: <10ms]

Security Requirements

Security Architecture

graph TD
    A[Security] --> B[Network]
    A --> C[Application]
    A --> D[Data]

    B --> B1[Firewall]
    B --> B2[VPN]
    B --> B3[WAF]

    C --> C1[Auth]
    C --> C2[RBAC]
    C --> C3[API Security]

    D --> D1[Encryption]
    D --> D2[Backup]
    D --> D3[Audit]

Security Components

graph TD
    A[Components] --> B[Authentication]
    A --> C[Authorization]
    A --> D[Encryption]

    B --> B1[OAuth 2.0]
    B --> B2[SAML]
    B --> B3[2FA]

    C --> C1[RBAC]
    C --> C2[ABAC]
    C --> C3[Policies]

    D --> D1[TLS 1.3]
    D --> D2[AES-256]
    D --> D3[Key Management]

Scaling Requirements

Scaling Architecture

graph TD
    A[Scaling] --> B[Horizontal]
    A --> C[Vertical]
    A --> D[Auto]

    B --> B1[Load Balancer]
    B --> B2[Clustering]
    B --> B3[Sharding]

    C --> C1[CPU]
    C --> C2[Memory]
    C --> C3[Storage]

    D --> D1[Metrics]
    D --> D2[Rules]
    D --> D3[Actions]

Performance Metrics

graph TD
    A[Metrics] --> B[Response Time]
    A --> C[Throughput]
    A --> D[Resource Usage]

    B --> B1[API: <100ms]
    B --> B2[Web: <1s]
    B --> B3[DB: <10ms]

    C --> C1[Requests: 10k/s+]
    C --> C2[Data: 1GB/s+]
    C --> C3[Users: 100k+]

    D --> D1[CPU: <70%]
    D --> D2[Memory: <80%]
    D --> D3[Storage: <85%]

Monitoring Requirements

Monitoring Architecture

graph TD
    A[Monitoring] --> B[Metrics]
    A --> C[Logs]
    A --> D[Traces]

    B --> B1[Prometheus]
    B --> B2[Grafana]
    B --> B3[Alerts]

    C --> C1[ELK Stack]
    C --> C2[Loki]
    C --> C3[Fluentd]

    D --> D1[Jaeger]
    D --> D2[Zipkin]
    D --> D3[OpenTelemetry]

Monitoring Components

graph TD
    A[Components] --> B[System]
    A --> C[Application]
    A --> D[Business]

    B --> B1[CPU/Memory]
    B --> B2[Network]
    B --> B3[Storage]

    C --> C1[Performance]
    C --> C2[Errors]
    C --> C3[Usage]

    D --> D1[Users]
    D --> D2[Transactions]
    D --> D3[Revenue]

Additional Requirements

Development Tools

graph TD
    A[Tools] --> B[IDE]
    A --> C[Testing]
    A --> D[CI/CD]

    B --> B1[VS Code]
    B --> B2[PyCharm]
    B --> B3[Vim/Emacs]

    C --> C1[Pytest]
    C --> C2[Selenium]
    C --> C3[Locust]

    D --> D1[GitHub Actions]
    D --> D2[Jenkins]
    D --> D3[GitLab CI]

Documentation

graph TD
    A[Documentation] --> B[Technical]
    A --> C[User]
    A --> D[API]

    B --> B1[Architecture]
    B --> B2[Deployment]
    B --> B3[Security]

    C --> C1[Guides]
    C --> C2[Tutorials]
    C --> C3[FAQs]

    D --> D1[Reference]
    D --> D2[Examples]
    D --> D3[SDK]

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Need help with system requirements? Contact our infrastructure team at [email protected] or visit our Infrastructure Portal

Next Steps

1. Review your current infrastructure
2. Compare with requirements
3. Plan necessary upgrades
4. Schedule deployment
5. Run performance tests
6. Monitor system health

Additional Resources

• Deployment Guide
• Security Guide
• Performance Guide
• Scaling Guide
• Monitoring Guide
• Infrastructure Portal