Hardware and Software_v3.8.4

Before installing Velocity, make sure your server, workstation, or client computer meets these requirements.

Minimum Hardware Requirements

For Velocity Server (or Database Server):

• x64 3.10 GHz CPU (or equivalent)

• 16GB RAM

• RAID 1 Configuration Recommended

• RAID 5 Configuration NOT Recommended (Due to degraded SQL write performance)

• 300GB 15K RPM hard drive (or equivalent)

• DVD drive (or use a soft copy on USB)

• For system administration, include:

  • Mouse

  • Keyboard

  • 20-inch LCD monitor

  • Speakers

• 1 Ethernet port

For Velocity Standalone Workstations or Clients:

• x64 3.10 GHz CPU (or equivalent)

• 8GB RAM

• 250GB 7.2K RPM hard drive (or equivalent)

• DVD drive (or use a soft copy on USB)

• Mouse

• Keyboard

• 20-inch LCD monitor

• 2GB video card

• Speakers

• 1 Ethernet port

These system requirements are our estimation of what will be required for satisfactory performance; however, your particular needs may differ or exceed the requirements noted. Your specific needs are dependent on several factors including the number of users on the system, applications running, connected devices, and level of usage. Therefore, please follow this general guideline: ensure you have enough processing power, RAM (including video card RAM), and hard disk space in your system to adequately address ALL your applications and services. Then, going forward, please ensure your system performance keeps up-to-date with any expanding requirements.

Operating System Requirements

• Velocity® version 3.8.4 installation DVD (or equivalent downloaded file)

• Microsoft Windows® operating system, according to the Velocity role that will be performed by each computer:

Database Requirements

Your organization’s IT department’s policies might determine whether you can manage your own SQL Server database for Velocity or must run the Velocity database on an existing SQL Server managed by IT.