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.


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