Guideline of System Requirements

Please note that these specifications should be used as a guideline for system requirements in the SYSPRO environment. They are neither minimum requirements, nor are they configurations for optimum performance.

Client

• Memory
  • Standalone machine not running SQL Server - 64mb
  • Client linked to Application Server - 64mb
  • Standalone machine running SQL Server - 128mb
• 800 x 600 resolution
• Pentium II 300 processor
• Internet Explorer 4.0 or later
• Office 97 or later if integration from Version 5.x to Word and/or Excel is required.
• Microsoft Outlook if the To-do-list facility is required.

Server

As a guideline for the amount of memory required on a NT4/WIN2000 server, the following formula is being applied:

512 MB of memory for the operating system and ± 6MB of memory per SYSPRO user.

As a guideline for the amount of memory required on a UNIX server, the following formula is being applied:

128MB of memory for the operating system and ± 6MB of memory per SYSPRO user.

C-ISAM database

This may only be a 2-tier system (i.e. Application and Database on same server).

NT4 or Win2000 Server

• Up to 15 users
  • Processor - 700Mhz or higher
  • Memory - 600MB or higher
• Over 15 users
  • Processor - 700Mhz or higher
  • Memory - minimum of 600MB

  For recommended memory, multiply number of users by 6 and then add 512.

Unix server

• Up to 15 users
  • Processor - 500Mhz or higher
  • Memory - 200MB or higher
• Over 15 users
  • Processor - 700Mhz or higher
  • Memory - minimum of 200MB

  For recommended memory, multiply number of users by 6 and then add 128.

SQL database

This can either be a 2 or 3-tier system, but the Application and Database servers will both need to be NT4 or Win2000.

2-tier (Both Application and SQL Database on same server)

• Up to 15 users
  • Processor - dual 800Mhz or higher
  • Memory - 1GB or higher
• 15 to 30 users
  • Processor - dual 800Mhz or higher
  • Memory - 1.2GB or higher (3-tier recommended)
• Over 30 users
  • Not recommended - should be 3-tier system
• Hard Drives - At least two SCSI hard drives. The hard drive size is relative to the company data files and should be at least three times the data size:
  • First hard drive will contain the operating system, SQL Server 7.0/2000 and SYSPRO.
  • Second hard drive will contain the tempdb and db log.

3-tier (Application and SQL Database on different servers)

Application Server

• Up to 15 users
  • Processor - 700Mhz or higher
  • Memory - 600MB or higher
• 15 to 30 users
  • Processor - 700Mhz or higher
  • Memory - minimum of 600MB
• Over 30 users
  • Processor - 700Mhz or higher
  • Memory - minimum of 700MB

  For recommended memory, multiply number of users by 6 and then add 512.

SQL Server

• Up to 15 users
  • Processor - 700Mhz or higher
  • Memory - 700MB or higher
• 15 to 30 users
  • Processor - 700Mhz or higher
  • Memory - 1GB or higher
• Over 30 users
  • Processor - dual 800Mhz or higher
  • Memory - minimum of 1.2GB

  As the number of users increases more processors and memory will be required.

• Hard drives - At least two SCSI hard drives. The hard drive size is relative to the company data files and should be at least three times the data size:
  • First hard drive will contain the operating system, SQL Server 7.0/2000 and SYSPRO database.
  • Second hard drive will contain the tempdb and db log.