Technical Requirements

Below, you will find the technical requirements for SimaPro 7 Single and Multi-User versions.

SimaPro technical requirements

The following specifications are recommended to run SimaPro 7. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding specific configurations.

 

Hardware requirements Single User:

  • PC > 2000 MHz  (recommended)
  • At least 2 GB main memory (RAM)
  • 1 GB free hard disc storage (the actual hard disc storage depends on the number of databases)
  • 5 GB free hard disc space for temporary files during use of SimaPro (recommended)

 

Hardware requirements Multi-User:

Multi-User Client:

  • PC > 2000 MHz  (recommended)
  • At least 2 GB main memory (RAM)
  • 5 GB free hard disc space for temporary files during use of SimaPro (recommended)
     

Multi-User database server:

  • >1000 MHz, 2000 MHz recommended
  • 2GB Ram (SimaPro database server wil reserve up to 500MB for its own use)
  • 1 GB free hard disc storage (the actual hard disc storage depends on the number of databases)
  • 100 Mb/s network minimum, 1Gb/s recommended
  • Fast hard drives

 

Software requirements:

  • Windows XP or higher
  • We recommend to run the database server on Windows Server 2003/2008. Please note that Windows Server 2008 R2 can give security problems with the database server running as a service.
  • Multi-User runs as a client-server system over TCP/IP networks. SimaPro should be installed on a server with a Windows operating system, Novell servers are not supported.

 

If you are using an Apple or Unix computer, you can run SimaPro through a Windows emulator or via a parallel platform.  We regret we cannot give technical support for these systems.