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Platform Requirements

This article contains guidelines for the minimum platform requirements for Netaphor SiteAudit™ components.

You should review this checklist before and after deploying SiteAudit.

Platform Requirements Guidelines

The following platform requirements are guidelines and considered to be the minimum that should be used based on the number of printers being monitored. These requirements are sufficient for most environments. But depending on usage, it may be necessary to increase the amount of RAM or hard drive space available.

Netaphor support can help to evaluate performance to determine if the assigned resources are adequate. Physical hardware performs better than virtual machines. It is imperative to meet or exceed the minimum requirements for physical hardware when using a virtual machine.

.NET 4.8 is required for all SiteAudit software and a minimum display resolution of 1366 x 768. It is recommended to install the latest Windows updates and .NET Framework.

Number of Printers	Windows Operating System	Host Machine running Monitoring Service	SQL Server	IIS
< 250	Windows 10, 11	4 GB RAM Dual Processor Quad Core or better 200MB Free hard disk space	SQL Server (or Express) 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022; may run on same Host as monitoring service Additional Disk Free space equal to 1/2 MB per month per printer. 1500MB/year plus additional for backups	IIS 10 Additional 10MB Free space
250 - 1000	2016, 2019, 2022	8 GB RAM Dual Processor Quad Core or better 400MB Free hard disk space	SQL Server 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022; may run on same Host as monitoring service Additional 10GB Disk free space/year	IIS 10 Additional 10MB Free space
1000 - 5000	2016, 2019, 2022	16 GB RAM Dual Processor Quad Core or better 400MB Free hard disk space	SQL Server 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022; may run on same Host as monitoring service Additional 30GB Disk free space/year Additional 4GB RAM if SQL Server is on same host as Monitoring Service	IIS 10 Additional 10MB Free space
5000 - 10000	2016, 2019, 2022	32 GB RAM Dual Processor Quad Core or better 400MB Free hard disk space	SQL Server 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022; may run on same Host as monitoring service Additional 60GB disk free space/year Additional 8GB RAM if SQL Server is on same host as Monitoring Service	IIS 10 Additional 10MB Free space

Note: Hosting Web reports requires IIS 10. SiteAudit supports both 32 and 64-bit operating systems and SQL server versions.

Hard Disk Space Requirements

SQL database log files can grow significantly, especially during an upgrade. One must be sure enough disk space exists to perform upgrades. The approximate space needed to perform the upgrade should be determined by the size of the database. It should be approximately twice the size of the database.

It is strongly recommended that the log file be shrunk after an upgrade and periodically thereafter as part of regular database maintenance. For more information about shrinking the SiteAudit database log file, refer to the Shrink Database Log File article

Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Cumulative Updates

It is recommended that all patches/updates are applied to Microsoft SQL Servers to ensure proper operation. Cumulative updates for Microsoft SQL Server 2019 are shown here: KB4518398 - SQL Server 2019 build versions - Microsoft Support