System Requirements

Operating System
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows 2008
  • Windows 2012
Important: The name of your Windows machine cannot be "FASPEX", otherwise installation will fail. The Faspex installer will attempt to create the user "faspex" and if this is the same as the machine name the account creation will fail.
Browsers
  • Internet Explorer 9-11
  • Firefox 27-44
  • Safari 6-9
  • Google Chrome 40-48
Aspera Product Version Requirements
  • IBM Aspera Enterprise Server 3.6.0+
  • IBM Aspera Connect Browser Plug-in 3.6.1+
Memory
  • 4 GB RAM
Applications
  • If your computer has an existing MySQL database installed, ensure that it is not running during the installation.
  • If your computer has an existing Apache HTTP server installed, ensure that it is not running during the installation.
Firewall
Upgrade Procedure
  • Check the Upgrading Faspex before upgrading.
  • If you are upgrading your existing Faspex installation, be sure to have your MySQL password and your svcAspera passwordaccessible prior to the upgrade. For details on the upgrade procedure, see Upgrading Faspex.

Drag-and-Drop Support

Faspex supports the dragging and dropping of files and folders for transfer, but this support varies by platform and browser. See the table below for details on how this release of Faspex supports drag-and-drop in your environment:

Browser Windows Client Mac OS X Client Linux Client
Firefox Files and folders Files and folders Drag-and-drop not supported
Chrome Files and folders Files and folders Drag-and-drop not supported
IE 8 and 9* Files and folders
IE 10 and 11* Files
Edge* Drag-and-drop not supported
Safari Files and folders

* Internet Explorer is limited in support for drag-and-drop because of how it records drop events. Edge does not support drag-and-drop from the system into the browser. For further information, see

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ec3c0be0-0834-4873-8e94-700e9df9c822/edge-browser-drag-and-drop-files-not-working?forum=ieitprocurrentver

https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/257854-microsoft-edge-developer/suggestions/8964523-support-html5-drag-and-drop-of-files-from-explorer?page=1&per_page=20