Witness Hardware Requirements

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Last updated: Sept 07, 2016
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The Witness software suite requires a minimum hardware specification to ensure it runs optimally. These requirements are based on a typical client-server configuration which assumes the client system will be running the Sentinel application and the server hardware will be running the remaining services.

System Configuration

For demonstration, trial or small installations where only a single hardware system is being used then the entire software suite has to be installed on the same system. For this reason, these systems must be more capable then when using the typical client-server configuration. Please refer to the stand alone system requirements below.

Recommended Client Specification

  • Processor: Intel i5 or equivalent @ 3.2GHz or faster.

  • Memory: 8GB RAM.

  • Storage: Minimum of 100GB of space.

  • Operating System: Windows 7 SP1 x64 Professional.

  • Network connection: 1Gbps Ethernet link.

  • Graphics adapter: 3D accelerated card with support DirectX 10 or above. Minimum of 512MB VRAM. An Intel CPU integrated graphics adapters such as an HD 4000 or above will suffice.

  • Display: Full HD monitor (1920 x 1080) with touch support if required.

Recommended Server Specification

  • Processor: Minimum of Core i7 @ 3.6GHz or faster.

  • Memory: Minimum of 16GB RAM, 32GB recommended for use with Vault (database module).

  • Storage: Hardware RAID with battery support. RAID 5 configuration with a minimum of 3x SATA drives @ 500GB each.

  • Operating System: Windows 10 x64 Professional or Windows Server 2012 R2.

  • Network connection: 2x 1Gbps Ethernet links.

Recommend Standalone Specification

(Demo kits, trials and small site installations)

  • Processor: Minimum of Core i5 @ 3.2GHz or faster (Haswell generation or later).

  • Memory: Minimum of 16GB RAM.

  • Storage: Minimum of 100GB of space.

  • Operating System: Windows 10 x64 Professional.

  • Network connection: 1Gbps Ethernet link.

  • Graphics adapter: 3D accelerated card with support DirectX 10 or above. Minimum of 512MB VRAM. An Intel CPU integrated graphics adapters such as an HD 4000 or above will suffice.

  • Display: Full HD screen / monitor (1920 x 1080) with touch support if required.



Storage

Storage requirements are dependent on the quantity of data being generated. This is affected by a number of criteria, but the critical factors are the number of radar installed, the number of tracks / targets detected and the length of time the data has to be retained. On a large system which is very busy you might expect the data storage requirements to exceed 20GB per day. On smaller, less active system you would expect it to be around 1GB or less per day. For larger system we would always recommend high quality hardware RAID controllers with enterprise level disk drives.

Windows Edition

Please note that when using the desktop version of Windows, the Home edition is NOT supported. It must be Professional or Enterprise.