Before installing SmartConnect components the following SmartConnect system requirements should be checked to ensure they meet the minimum requirements.
Processors:
| • | 32 bit processor machines, 2 GHz or greater. |
| • | 64 bit processor machines, 2 GHz or greater. |
Memory (RAM):
| • | 1 GB of RAM is required, at least 4GB is recommended. |
Processor and memory considerations:
While a faster processor and more memory will generally always speed up SmartConnect processing the following considerations should be made.
| • | Installations that will be handling large data volumes will require more RAM. |
| • | Installations that will make extensive use of data lookups will require more RAM. |
| • | Installations that will make extensive use of scripting and calculations will require more ram and processing speed. |
Disk space:
| • | SmartConnect application installation requires approximately 100MB of disk space. |
| • | SmartConnect Excel Add-In requires 5MB of disk space. |
| • | SmartConnect Web Service requires 20MB of disk space. |
| • | SmartConnect WCF Rest service requires 20MB of disk space. |
| • | SmartConnect Windows Service requires 60MB of disk space. |
| • | SmartConnect Dynamics GP add-in requires 60MB of disk space. |
Operating systems:
| • | Windows Server 2012 (including R2) |
| • | Windows 7 SP1 (32 and 64 bit) |
Database:
Note: The SQL Server Native Client 10.0 driver is required for the installation of SmartConnect. The driver is used to connect to the SQL Server as it creates the new database and users or connects to an existing database and user.