System Requirements
System Requirements
Synchro Client:
Professional, Workgroup, Project Constructor, Express and Open Viewer
- The Minimum Specification accommodates a project with several thousand tasks, several concurrent users, and some 3D information (such as the example models provided with Synchro)
- The Recommended Specification accommodates a project with tens of thousands of tasks, dozens of concurrent users, and detailed 3D information.
- The Enterprise Specification ensures scalability and performance for the largest projects and highly detailed 3D information (for example structure plus MEP detail)
| Minimum Specification: | Recommended Specification: | Enterprise Specification: | Notes: | |
| Processor: | 2.13GHz Dual Core | 3.33GHz Dual Core | 3.60GHz Quad Core | Both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) processors are supported |
| Memory (RAM): | 3.0 GB (x32) 4.0 GB (x64) | 8.0 GB (x64) | 16.0 GB (x64) |
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| Hard Disk Space: | 1.0 GB for installation files 1.0 GB for each project file (typical) 50 MB for Small Office model (optional) 80 MB for Logistics Models | The Small Office models are referenced in the the Tutorial and Quick Start Guide The Logistics Models provide a graphics library of Plant equipment that that may be used as part of your Synchro Project Plans | ||
| Graphics Card: | 512 MB (Direct-X 9) | 1.00 GB (OpenGL Compatible) | 1.50 GB (OpenGL Compatible) | Additional information about graphics card compatibility can be found clicking here) |
| Display: | 1280 x 1024 Screen Resolution | 1280 x 1024 Screen Resolution Dual Monitors | 2560 x 1600 Screen Resolution Dual Monitors |
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| Operating System: | Microsoft Windows XP (Home and Professional Editions) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (All Editions) | Microsoft Windows 7. Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (All Editions) | Both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) operating systems are supported | |
| Others: | Network Connectivity Mouse with scroll wheel | Network connectivity required for License activation and Workgroup operation (with Synchro Server). | ||
Additional Information
- For the latest requirements and installation notes, refer to the README.RTF file in the Synchro Client installation directory.
- To provide the most secure and stable environment, it is recommended that the latest service packs and drivers are applied to any machines running Synchro
Synchro Server
- The Minimum Specification accommodates a project with several thousand tasks, several concurrent users, and some 3D information (such as the example models provided with Synchro)
- The Recommended Specification accommodates a project with tens of thousands of tasks, dozens of concurrent users, and detailed 3D information.
- The Enterprise Specification ensures scalability and performance for the largest projects, enterprise-wide project access and highly detailed 3D information (for example structure plus MEP detail)
| Minimum Specification: | Recommended Specification: | Enterprise Specification: | Notes: | |
| Processor: | 2.13GHz Dual Core | 3.33GHz Dual Core | 3.60GHz Quad Core | Both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) processors are supported |
| Memory (RAM): | 3.0 GB (x32) 4.0 GB (x64) | 8.0 GB (x64) | 16.0 GB (x64) |
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| Hard Disk Space: | 1.0GB for installation files 1.0GB for each project file (typical) | 1.0 GB for installation files 1.0 GB for each project file (typical) RAID 5 |
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| Graphics Card: | None |
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| Display: | None |
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| Operating System: | Microsoft Windows XP (Home and Professional Editions) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (All Editions) | Microsoft Windows 7. Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (All Editions) | Both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) operating systems are supported | |
| Others: | Network Connectivity | Network connectivity required for License activation and Workgroup operation (with Synchro Client). | ||
Additional Information
- For the latest requirements and installation notes, refer to the README.RTF file in the Synchro Server installation directory.
- To provide the most secure and stable environment, it is recommended that the latest service packs and drivers are applied to any machines running Synchro
- RAID disks are recommended because of their resilience and low access times (write and data seek times).
- To provide the most secure and stable environment, it is recommended that the latest service packs and drivers are applied to any machines running the Synchro Server.
- Note that the Synchro Server creates checkpoint files (full serialisations of all project information) in the project directory based on user defined configuration settings.
Depending on your configuration setting, large amounts of project information can build up very quickly. - When connecting to the Synchro Server, Synchro clients will require access to the Synchro Server on a TCP port specified in the Synchro Server configuration (defaulted to 1200). Any network devices that provide security (such as firewalls, routers etc) will need to be configured to allow communication between Synchro clients and the Synchro Server on this port.
- Bandwidth requirements are modest for the vast majority of transactions (in the order of a few Kb/transaction multiplied by the number of concurrent users).
However, whilst the data streams are highly compressed, initial downloads and the importation of large 3D models can have greater bandwidth requirements, wholly dependent on the amount of 3D data being downloaded/imported.
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