Third Light IMS Appliance
Standalone Third Light systems
The Third Light IMS Appliance is our flagship product. It is a server which is dedicated to running IMS, comprising the complete software and hardware package in a single system tailored to your requirements.
Owning your own IMS system is ideal for fast, local network access and for organisations needing in-house services for security or capacity reasons. By placing IMS on your own network, easy integration and greater storage expansion is available.
- Self-installation from a CD-ROM onto your own hardware
Using a downloadable image and simple installation instructions, you can install IMS on your own system with optional remote help from Third Light.
- Ready-made server installed by our engineers
If you prefer to have IMS pre-built and installed for you, we supply hardware and offer an installation service. We can either set up your new IMS system on your own network, or host it for you in our data center.
- Installation onto a virtual machine (VMWare®, Parallels, Xen) - click here for further details
Various options exist for the installation process, as follows:
Whichever option you prefer, and whatever level of technical involvement you would like, we aim to offer you a suitable package. In all cases, your IMS system requires only minimal maintenance and will come complete with our automatic product updates package if you subscribe to our support and maintenance service.
For pricing information for purchasing IMS outright, please click here. We also have a Reseller Package for multiple licencing at competitive rates.
Features available on the Third Light IMS ApplianceFreedom to Choose Your Hardware
Information for technical readers is available on our Frequently Asked Questions page.
IMS can be installed on any Intel server (or Virtual Machine) and normally, the server will be specified for fast image processing and mass storage. We are happy to offer advice on the exact specification of your server, to help match your needs or check compatibility of parts. (Ask us a question)
"Third Light's IMS is built around a Linux operating system known for its rock solid stability and together with a high performance XFS file system our image library is reliable, scalable and delivers images fast to end users.
Mashuk Reza - Web Officer
Ofqual (the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation)
Example server specifications
If you choose to purchase one of our servers, we offer long, trouble-free service backed by a warranty. We take pride in producing high-quality systems which will last and last. In the table below, two possible configurations are described for moderate to heavy users. Exact specifications and prices are constantly changing, so please do get in touch if you would like us to send you a quote.
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| Product type | Workgroup | High-End |
| Chassis | 1U 19" Rackmount Floor-standing available | 5U" Rackmount Floor-standing available |
| Power Supply | Single, fixed | Hot swap redundant pair |
| Hot Swap | Disks | Disks, fans, PSUs |
| Environmental | 10C - 35C operating | 10C - 35C operating |
| Processors | 1 x Intel Xeon Dual Core | 2 x Intel Xeon Six Core |
| Memory | 4GB | 16GB |
| Network Interfaces | 2 x 10/100/1000baseT | 2 x 10/100/1000baseT |
| Hard drives | 3 x 500GB 7.2k SATA | Up to 12 x 600GB 15k SAS |
| Storage scheme | RAID 1 mirror with hot spare | RAID 5 array with hot spare |
| RAID cache | 256MB on-board | 512MB on-board |
| Operating system | Debian Linux v2.6 | Debian Linux v2.6 |
| Files capacity | Hundreds of thousands | Millions |
| Backups | Optional integration | Fully redundant pair of servers |
| Network Services | HTTP FTP SMTP SSH MySQL SOAP Web Services | HTTP HTTPS FTP SMTP SSH MySQL Serial Console SOAP Web Services |
| Firewall | Built-in, pre-configured | Built-in, pre-configured |