Hardware System Requirements

Note: Orchestrate is not compatible with Apple Macs.

Recommended Physical Server Specifications

This section is valid if you are planning on installing the software on to a physical server, using your own infrastructure. The specifications are guidelines summarised into the following categories:

Minimum Requirements – this is the minimum requirement to run the Access software but performance would not be guaranteed.
Recommended Requirements – this is the ideal requirement to run the Access software.
Optimal Requirements – this is a slightly higher specification, to allow for a very large databases and a high number of users (50+)

Specification Level Server Details

Minimum
1 x Quad Core Intel Xeon CPU
8GB DDR3 Memory
Windows Server 2012 R2 x64
2 x 300GB* SAS 3.5-inch 15k rpm hard disk drive configured as RAID 1
Gigabit Network Card

Recommended
2 x Quad Core Intel Xeon CPU’s
12GB DDR3 Memory
Windows Server 2012 R2 / 2016
8 x 300GB* SAS 2.5/3.5-inch 15k rpm hard disk drives
RAID 1 for first two drives – OS
RAID 1 for next two drives – (optional for 25 to 40 users) – SQL Log Files
RAID 10 for next four drives – SQL Data Files
Gigabit Network Card

Optimal
1 x Eight Core Intel Xeon CPU with HT
24GB DDR3 Memory
Windows Server 2012 R2 x64
2 x 300GB* SAS 3.5-inch 15k rpm hard disk drive configured as RAID 1
4 x 256GB SSD 2.5-inch hard disks drives configured as RAID 5
2 x 300GB SAS drives 10k rpm hard disk drives configured as RAID 1
Gigabit Network Card

Recommended Virtual Server Specifications

Please refer to the section above for guides on physical server specification, this section is valid if you are planning on installing the software into a virtual environment. Access has successfully implemented virtual servers with its solutions and have found from a performance perspective, Hyper-V/VMware is a viable option for SQL Server 2014 and SQL Server 2016. The overall performance of SQL Server running in a Hyper-V/VMware virtualised environment is reasonable compared with the equivalent native Windows Server 2012 R2/2016 physical server environment.
Access would recommend that you avoid using emulated devices and instead ensure that integration components for Hyper-V/VMware have been installed and synthetic devices are being used for I/O, network, and so on. Synthetic devices will provide the best performance with lowest amount of CPU overhead.
The specifications are guidelines summarised into 2 categories:

Recommended Requirements – this is the ideal requirement to run the Access software.
Optimal Requirements – this is a slightly higher specification, to allow for a larger databases and a high number of users.

Optimal

8 x Virtual CPU’s
24GB Memory
OS – 50GB
SQL Logs – 100GB
SQL Data – 100GB
Windows Server 2012 R2 / 2016
Dedicated Gigabit Network Port

Supported Server Operating Systems

Below is a list of the supported server operating systems:

SQL Version Supported
Windows Server 2008 R2 Small Business Server
Not Supported

Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation
Not Supported

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Supported

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
Supported

Windows Server 2012 Foundation
Not Supported

Windows Server 2012 Standard
Supported

Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation
Not Supported

Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Supported

Windows Server 2016 Standard
Supported

Supported SQL Versions

Below is a list of supported SQL Server versions:
N.B. We recommend installing at least the Standard edition

SQL Version Supported Notes

SQL2005
Not Supported
No Compatible Current Versions

SQL2008
Not Supported
No Compatible Current Versions
SQL2008R2
Supported (Under Review)
Express, Standard & Enterprise Supported

SQL2012
Not Supported
Express, Standard & Enterprise Supported

SQL2014
Not Supported
Express, Standard & Enterprise Supported

SQL2016
Supported
Express, Standard & Enterprise Supported

SQL2017
Supported
Express, Standard & Enterprise Supported

Client Machine Requirements

Your users will connect to the Orchestrate server through their local PC or Laptop, using the Orchestrate client application. Below are the required specifications for client workstations. Please note that these are also the required specifications for data capture terminals.
Recommended Hardware Specifications
The following minimum specification should be used as a guideline if you are purchasing new hardware for client machines / workstations. Please note that Windows XP is no longer supported.

Specification Level Server Details

Minimum
Processor: 2.2GHz Dual Core
RAM: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 80GB SATA Hard Drive
Network Card: Gigabit Connection
Operating System: Windows 7 Pro
Screen Resolution 1024x768
MS Office Version: Office Standard 2013 or above
Web Browser: IE 10 or above/Firefox
.NET Version: Framwork 4.5
Microsoft Data Access Components: 2.6 and 2.7
Office Web Components: V11 or above
SQL Management Objects: 2008

Recommended
Processor: 2.2 GHz Quad Core
RAM: 4 GB or above
Hard Drive: 160GB SATA Hard Drive
Network Card: Gigabit Connection
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
MS Office Version: Office Professional Pro 2016
Web Browser: IE 10 or above/Firefox
.NET Version: Framwork 4.5
Microsoft Data Access Components: 2.6 and 2.7
Office Web Components: V11 or above
SQL Management Objects: 2008

Supported Operating Systems
The following Windows operating systems are supported for client machines. Use of Orchestrate on Apple or Linux operating systems is not supported:
Windows 7 Pro
Windows 8 Pro
Windows 8.1 Pro
Windows 10 Pro
Windows 11 Pro

Network, Environment & Device Requirements

As part of the daily operation of Orchestrate, the system will transfer large packets of data across your network between the client machines and your server. Network speed and infrastructure can have a large effect on performance. This sections also outlines the supported printing and scanning hardware.
Domain Requirements
To use Orchestrate, the server and client must be part of a domain. If you need to install clients on machines that are members of different domain, please contact your consultant or project manager for advice.
Recommended Network Speed
Orchestrate will function over a 100mbps connection, however users will likely experience some performance issues. Wi-Fi connections are supported but may also cause slower performance. Below are the recommended network conditions: