On each Workbench installation there is one server running Microsoft SQL Server which hosts the main Workbench database and related databases. The data in these databases is shared by all the Workbench client PC's that run Workbench.
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The following server operating system are supported.
Windows Server 2008 R2(End of Life imminent)- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2019
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Workbench will work with the following SQL Server versions.
SQL Server 2008 R2(End of Life imminent)- SQL Server 2012
- SQL Server 2014
- SQL Server 2016
- SQL Server 2017
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- 4+ Cores Intel Xeon E5-2600 v1 series (and above) or similar AMD Processor *
- 8GB+ DDR4 RAM (recommended: 16GB+ RAM for SQL Server Standard/Enterprise)
- Hard Disk OS > 64GB (recommended: RAID 1 SSD)
- Hard Disk Data > 240GB (recommended: RAID 1 SSD, or RAID 5/ 10 SAS 10k – 15k rpm, or 10 Gbps FC adapter to equivalent SAN)
- Gigabit Network Interface
- Redundant Power Supplies
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