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RTS Board of directors approved installation and maintenance rates for FORTS intermediate access servers. These servers will be installed on the side of a FORTS trading participant and will allow to decrease the load on server part of software and communications channel between the trading participant and RTS.
According to Roman Goryunov, President of OJSC “RTS”, implementation of such server is the next step of RTS in development of FORTS’s technical basis. “This technology is used on world leading trading floors and is meant for the servicing the companies with a large number of clients on highly intense trading markets”, - Roman Goryunov says.
Computer specifications for FORTS Intermediate server:
| Name | Minimum | Advisable |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Dual processor server on Intel Xeon of 5xxx series or similar AMD processors | Dual processor server on Intel Xeon of 5xxx series or similar AMD processors |
| RAM | 2 Gb | 4 Gb |
| Free space on hard disk | Onboard controller SCSI Ultra 320 or SAS 2 partitions on disk 10+40 Gb |
Separate controller SCSI Ultra 320 or SAS. HD 15k RPM. 2 partitions on disk 10+40 Gb minimum |
| Network card | Ethernet 100 | Ethernet 100 |
| Operating system | Windows Server 2000/2003 SQL Server 2000 sp4 Standard Edition |
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SQL Server 2000 sp4 Standard Edition |
| UPS | in accordance with consumption of server by documentation | in accordance with consumption of server by documentation |
Installation and maintenance rates for FORTS Intermediate server (without VAT):
- Variant 1. Using computer of a trading participant:
Installation – 30 000 rubles.
Technical and informational support – 20 000 / month - Variant 2. Using RTS computer (warranty period – 1 year)
Installation – 250 000 rubles
Technical and informational support – 30 000 rubles / month
Derivatives market of RTS – FORTS is a leading trading ground for futures and options in Russia. Trading on FORTS started in September 2001. At present FORTS has the widest in Russian range of instruments. These are 58 contracts (39 futures and 19 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, gas, oil, sugar and gold.
The trading volume on FORTS for 9 months 2007 exceeded 166 bln dollars. In FORTS From January to September 2007 there were executed more than 7,2 mln transactions with 93,5 contracts. Average daily open interest on standard contracts in 2007 grew by 102,6% and in September reached 8 bln dollars.
