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System Requirements

Below you 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 will 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)
  • 10 GB free hard disc space for temporary files during use of SimaPro (recommended)
  • 100 Mb/s TCP/IP network minimum, 1Gb/s recommended
  • fast hardrives

 

Software requirements:

  • Windows XP or higher
  • We recommend to run the database server on Windows Server 2003/2008
  • To calculate large models, we recommend running SimaPro on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2003/2008
  • 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.