These are the minimum requirements for reasonable performance of the described products. They will help you decide whether the equipment you are currently using remains viable. If you are considering new equipment, bear in mind that these requirements are minimum, not optimal. Exceeding these specifications will in general lead to enhanced performance.
Note that installing Esko software on a terminal server (Microsoft, Citrix,…) is not supported.
Note that windows 8 and windows server 2012 are not yet supported in Suite12.
See more notes here.
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Nexus 10.1
Nexus on Windows
CPU: an x86-32 or x86-64 compatible processor (Intel or AMD), minimal dual-core, recommended dual quad-core
Memory: minimum 4GB RAM
Harddisk: An NTFS volume is required. The software takes about 20GB of disk space. Also take into account the need for storage of temporary and production data. A backup solution is strongly advised.
Network: 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet, TCP/IP v4 protocol, TCP/IP v6 protocol is not supported.
Video Card: Minimum 1280 x 1024 resolution, true color depth
CD/DVD: DVD-ROM drive
Virtualization : VMware ESX (version 3, 3.5, 4, 4.1 and 5) and Microsoft Hyper-V are supported.
Note that hardware connections, including dongles, proofers, spectrophotometers and others may work, but are not supported. Customers should verify hardware support through their virtualization support channels.
Known issue:
When you run software (with a local license server) on a virtual machine, the Esko license server (a process called “esko.exe”) might take up 100% of one of the virtual processors. This problem has been escalated to the third-party who provides the licensing engine, but currently we can only offer 2 workarounds:
- Reboot the virtual machine if this problem occurs.
- Move your Esko license server to another (and preferably physical) machine.
NexusManager only runs on Intel MAC (PowerPC not supported), check here for system requirements.
When installing Nexus on Windows 2008, take into account that there are a lot of SMB sharing problem with Mac OS X 10.4 in combination with Windows 2008 server. So we recommend to upgrade the OS X clients to minimum 10.5.
Compatibility: If you intend to run other applications as well on this hardware, make sure to check compatibility with the specifications of all other applications as well
Remote Support: Esko Customer Support is using TeamViewer as a solution for remote access and support over the Internet, it can be downloaded from http://www.teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx
Operating Systems compatibility matrix:
Windows XP
|
32 bit |
64 bit |
|
|
SP1 |
SP2 |
SP3 |
|
SP1 |
SP2 |
SP3 |
| Home Edition |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
|
|
|
|
| Professional Edition |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
Windows Vista
|
32 bit |
64 bit |
|
|
SP1 |
SP2 |
|
SP1 |
SP2 |
| Windows Vista Starter |
NO |
NO |
NO |
|
|
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows Vista Business |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows Vista Enterprise |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
Windows 7
|
32 bit |
64 bit |
|
|
SP1 |
|
SP1 |
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows 7 Professional |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
Windows 2000
|
32 bit |
|
|
SP1 |
SP2 |
SP3 |
SP4 |
| Windows 2000 Professional |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows 2000 Server |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows 2000 Advanced Server |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows 2000 Datacenter Server |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
Windows Server 2003
|
32 bit |
64 bit |
|
|
SP1 |
SP2 |
|
SP1 |
SP2 |
| Windows Server 2003 Standard ** |
YES |
YES |
YES* |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows Server 2003 Enterprise |
YES |
YES |
YES* |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows Server 2003 Datacenter |
YES |
YES |
YES* |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard ** |
|
YES |
YES* |
|
NO |
NO |
| Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise |
|
YES |
YES* |
|
NO |
NO |
| Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter |
|
YES |
YES* |
|
NO |
NO |
Windows Small Business Server 2003 is not supported
Windows Server 2003 Web is not supported
Windows Server 2008
|
32 bit |
64 bit |
|
|
SP2 |
|
SP2 |
| Windows Server 2008 Standard |
YES |
YES* |
YES |
YES* |
| Windows Server 2008 Enterprise |
YES |
YES* |
YES |
YES* |
| Windows Server 2008 Datacenter |
YES |
YES* |
YES |
YES* |
Windows Small Business Server 2008 is not supported
Windows Web Server 2008 is not supported
Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition is not supported
Windows Server 2008 R2
|
64 bit |
|
|
SP1 |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard |
YES* |
YES* |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise |
YES* |
YES* |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter |
YES* |
YES* |
Windows Small Business Server 2008 is not supported
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation is not supported.
Windows Web Server 2008 R2 is not supported
Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC Edition is not supported
* Recommended Operating Systems
** Only fit for configurations requiring 4GB of RAM or less
10 client licenses.
For more info about Windows memory limitation, please consult this table.
Nexus on Mac
- Mac with Dual Core Intel processors (Mac PowerPC processors are not longer supported)
- Operating system: Mac OS X Server or Client (10.5.x, 10.6.x, 10.7.x. OSX 10.8 support is from Nexus 10.1.2 onwards)
- Memory: Minimum 4 Gb
- Harddisk space required for Nexus: 2 Gb + 150 Gb for production (15000 rpm +)
- Formatting type for install partition: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
- CD/DVD-ROM drive
- Gigabit Network card
-
NexusManager
CPU: Intel processor (Mac PowerPC processors are not longer supported)
- Operating system: Mac OS X (10.5.x, 10.6.x, 10.7.x, 10.8.x)
- Memory: minimum 1 GB
- 1 available USB-port
Shuttle clients
All shuttle clients needs to be at least 10.1
- ArtPro 10.1
- DeskPack 10.1 ( ass 5 or ass. 6 )
- Shuttle SA 10.1 or 10.1.1
- Neo 10.0