Specifications

Overview
Minimum Windows NT and Solaris Configurations
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Minimum Windows NT and Solaris
Configurations
The following sets of numbers represent the minimum configurations
required for SPECTRUM in order for it to take maximum advantage of all
its resources and in order for it to run at peak efficiency. The maximum
benefit is achieved from any system when all three system resources
(CPU, memory, disk) are plentiful such that neither limits any of the
others. With recent technology producing powerful processors, we are
able to manage more devices and do more work with SPECTRUM on one
machine. Therefore, memory must be increased to handle that load,
otherwise the system would be saturated at a lower CPU utilization than
would normally be considered a healthy maximum (~80%) thus under-
utilizing the workstation’s potential. Similarly, high-speed disk I/O is
required to handle these loads.
Due to the excessive memory utilization of Java processes on Solaris,
more RAM is required to run SpectroGRAPH and its applications on
Solaris. Therefore, all memory requirements associated with a
SpectroGRAPH presented below includes this factor.