These are the system requirements for product update 408 of Exact Globe Next. Please be informed that third party software products like for example Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and Microsoft SQL Server have their own system requirements which might be different from the system requirements of Exact Globe Next. Also Exact Synergy and Exact Synergy Enterprise have their own sets of system requirements that have to be taken into account.
Stand-alone scenario
Requirements for a workstation in a stand-alone environment
Supported system requirements
Recommended system requirements
Operating system
Windows Vista Ultimate, Business or Enterprise (32 or 64 bit) + latest service pack or Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise or Professional Edition (32 or 64 bit) + latest service pack or Windows 8 (32 or 64 bit) + latest service pack or Windows 8.1 (32 or 64 bit)
Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise or Professional Edition + service pack 1
Processor
X86 and X64 at 1,0 Ghz
X86 or X64 at 1,5 Ghz or more
Internal memory
512 MB RAM
1 Gb RAM or more
Free hard disk space
1,5 GB for a full installation including the help files
Besides 1.5 Gb for installation, at least the annual database growth should be available as extra free disk space.
Network connection
100 mbit\s
Additional component
WCF Data Services 5.0
MS Office version
Microsoft Office 2007 or 32-bit Version of Microsoft Office 2010 (locally installed) or 32-bit Version of Microsoft Office 2013 (locally installed) or Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus (desktop installation) version 15.0.4753.1003 (32-bit) or Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 (32-bit)
32-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010 (locally installed), excluding the click-to-run suite. For more information on the recommendation from Microsoft, click here.
MS SQL Server version
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition or Workgroup Edition (32 or 64 bit) + latest service pack or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition or Workgroup Edition (32 or 64 bit) + latest service pack or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (64 bit) + latest service pack or Microsoft SQL Server 2012 + latest service pack
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 + latest service pack
Monitor resolution
Minimum 1024 x 768, maximum 2560 x 1440 Note: The aspect ratio should be 4:3 for optimum performance.
Minimum 1280 x 1024, maximum 2560 x 1440
Note:
Server and workstations
Requirements for a dedicated database server
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 + latest service pack
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express, Workgroup, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32 or 64 bit) + latest service pack or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express, Workgroup, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32 or 64 bit) + latest service pack Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (64 bit) + latest service pack or Microsoft SQL Server 2012 + latest service pack
X86 and X64 at 1.5 Ghz
Please refer to the table below on ‘sizing’
1 GB RAM
The free hard disk space on the drive where the databases are stored should be 1,5 times the annual database growth. The free hard disk space on the drive where the operating system is installed and the drive where the tempdb of SQL Server is located should be at least 5 GB in total.
At least the annual database growth should be available as extra free disk space.
100 mbit\s, no wireless connection
Sizing of a dedicated database server
Recommendation
Database size
RAM memory
Number of processors
Number of disks
Small business
< 2 GB
1 GB - 2 GB
1
Small / medium business
2 - 8 GB
2
3
Medium / large business
8 - 25 GB
2 GB - 4 GB
2 - 4
5
Large business
25 - 50 GB
4 GB - 8 GB
4 - 8
10
> 50 GB
Analyses needed
Please also look at the SQL Server 2005 feature comparison matrix or the SQL Server 2008 feature comparison matrix of Microsoft, in which the differences between the available editions of SQL Server are shown.
Requirements for a workstation in a network environment
Minimal system requirements
Windows Vista Ultimate, Business or Enterprise (32 or 64 bit) + latest service pack or Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise or Professional Edition (32 or 64 bit) + service pack 1 or Windows 8 Enterprise or Professional Edition (32 or 64 bit) + latest service pack or Windows 8.1 (32 or 64 bit) Enterprise or Professional Edition (32 or 64 bit)
X86 or X64 at 1,5 Ghz
Minimum 1024 x 768, maximum 2560 x 1440
Note: The aspect ratio should be 4:3 for optimum performance.
Above system requirements are based on a workstation in a network environment that is not running any version of Microsoft SQL Server.
Terminal Servers
Requirements for dedicated Terminal Servers
Windows 2003 with Terminal Services (32 or 64 bit) + latest service pack or Windows 2008 with Terminal Services (32 or 64 bit) + latest service pack or Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit) with Terminal Services + latest service pack
Windows Server 2012 with Terminal Services + latest service pack
1 Pentium IV processor per 10 users (hyper threading not taken into account)
1 Xeon processor per 15 users (hyper threading not taken into account)
512 MB RAM for operating system and 128 MB RAM per user
2048 MB RAM for operating system and 512 MB RAM per user
256 kbps for every 4 users (other applications not included)
512 kbps for every 4 users (other applications not included)
Exact Globe Next with extended functionality
Requirements for Exact Globe Next with extended functionality
General server requirements
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime 2008 (x86) Redistributable Service Pack 1
Microsoft MSMQ (Server Core features)
Microsoft Windows Communication features (HTTP and non-HTTP activation)
Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0 or 7.0 and above
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008R2 with IIS 7 and Microsoft .NET framework 4.0 with latest Service Pack
General client requirements
2GB RAM Note: An additional (extra) 2GB memory is required for scenarios where the Web Server (IIS), Reporting Server (SSRS), and Data Integration (DI) share the same database (SQL) server. If the Web Server (IIS), Reporting Server (SSRS), and Data Integration are installed on stand-alone machines, those machines will require a minimum of 2GB memory.
Minimum 1280 x 1024, maximum 2560 x 1440 Note: The aspect ratio should be 4:3 for optimum performance.
Web browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 with latest Service Pack
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.0 with latest Service Pack
Additional components
Exact Synergy Enterprise
Event Manager
Reporting Services
System requirements Exact Synergy Enterprise product update 253
Exact Event Manager system requirements
Exact Integration pre-requisites
General requirements