2019.2

Recommended hardware requirements
Due to its versatility, OL Connect is used for a wide variety of applications. Consequently, it is
difficult to determine which hardware configuration will produce the best results for any given
implementation. The following specs should therefore be viewed as a general guideline that is
most likely to produce expected results for most implementations. You should, however, keep
in mind that it may not represent the optimal setup for your particular application.
For more information and tips about performance considerations, see "Performance
considerations" on page34.
l File system: NTFS (FAT32 is not supported)
l CPU:Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell or equivalent
l RAM: 16GB
l Disk Space: 4GB for the software modules, 20GB for work files*1
l Storage Type: Solid State Drive (SSD)
l Networking: 10Gb Ethernet
*1: depends on the amount of data you process through OLConnect. For instance, a PostScript
file containing several thousands of documents could easily take up several GBs.
Requirements for individual Connect modules
OL Connect Products comprises multiple modules that can be operated separately on multiple
PCs. Each module has its own set of requirements that may differ from the other modules.
While the hardware requirements described above are relatively generic when installing all
Connect modules on a single server, they should not be interpreted literally for each individual
module.
When installing on multiple PCs, keep the following rules of thumb in mind:
l The Connect Workflow module requires less RAM but fast hard drive access. It also
benefits from fast multi-core CPUs, in order to run processes in parallel.
l The Connect Server module requires more RAM and benefits from fast multi-core CPUs.
Disk access speed is less of a concern.
l The Connect Designer module requires more RAM and fast disk access to provide a
responsive user-experience.
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