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System 14 Requirements

Minimum and Recommended System Requirements
The following chart displays recommended Observer Standard, Observer Expert, Observer Suite, and Observer Reporting Server minimum and recommended hardware requirements. As with any high-performance network analysis product, the more RAM, and the faster the processor the better.

The minimum system requirements are:
· Dual core Pentium class processor
· 2GB RAM
· Windows XP or newer


The recommended system requirements are:
· Quad core Pentium class processor
· 8GB RAM
· Windows 64-bit operating system (XP/Vista/2003/2008/Windows 7)

Observer may run on systems with less power and RAM than those listed above, but Network Instruments does not support configurations with less than the minimum stated requirements.

Probe Requirements

The following chart displays recommended Probe (Single and Multi) minimum and optimal hardware requirements. As with any high-performance network analysis product, the more RAM, and the faster the processor the better. Note: To utilize multi-sessions and the larger memory buffers available in the Multi-Probe and Expert Probe, 512MB is required at a minimum.

Single-Probe Version 12 System Requirements

   

 

MINIMUM

RECOMMENDED

 

WIndows 2000

Windows XP/2003/Vista

802.11 Wireless

Pentium III w/512MB RAM

Pentium III w/1GB RAM

10MB Ethernet

Pentium III w/512MB RAM

Pentium III w/1GB RAM

100MB Ethernet

Pentium III w/512MB RAM

Pentium III w/1GB RAM

4MB Token Ring

Pentium III w/512MB RAM

Pentium III w/1GB RAM

16MB Token Ring

Pentium III w/512MB RAM

Pentium III w/1GB RAM

FDDI

Pentium III w/512MB RAM

Pentium III w/1GB RAM

Gigabit (1000Mbit)

Pentium III w1GB RAM

Pentium III 1.2Ghz w/1GB RAM


Multi-Probe Version 12 System Requirements

   

 

MINIMUM

RECOMMENDED

 

WIndows 2000

Windows XP/2003/Vista

802.11 Wireless

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

2GHz Dual Core Processor w/ 2 GB RAM

10MB Ethernet

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

Pentium 1.4Ghz w/1GB RAM

100MB Ethernet

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

2GHz Dual Core Processor w/ 2 GB RAM

4MB Token Ring

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

Pentium 1.4Ghz w/1GB RAM

16MB Token Ring

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

Pentium 1.4Ghz w/1GB RAM

FDDI

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

Pentium 1.8Ghz w/1GB RAM

Gigabit (1000Mbit)

Pentium III 1.2 Ghz w/512MB RAM

2GHz Dual Core Processor w/ 2 GB RAM

WAN

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

2GHz Dual Core Processor w/ 2 GB RAM


Advanced Expert Probe Version 12 System Requirements

   

 

MINIMUM

RECOMMENDED

 

WIndows 2000

Windows XP/2003/Vista

802.11 Wireless

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

2GHz Dual Core Processor w/ 2 GB RAM

10MB Ethernet

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

2GHz Dual Core Processor w/ 2 GB RAM

100MB Ethernet

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

2GHz Dual Core Processor w/ 2 GB RAM

4MB Token Ring

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

2GHz Dual Core Processor w/ 2 GB RAM

16MB Token Ring

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

2GHz Dual Core Processor w/ 2 GB RAM

FDDI

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

2GHz Dual Core Processor w/ 2 GB RAM

Gigabit (1000Mbit)

Pentium III 1.2 Ghz w/512MB RAM

2GHz Dual Core Processor w/ 2 GB RAM

WAN

Pentium III 800 w/512MB RAM

2GHz Dual Core Processor w/ 2 GB RAM

Probes may run on systems with less power and RAM than those listed above, but Network Instruments does not support configurations with less than the minimum stated requirements.

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