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Chapter 2: Preparing for your installation
Hardware requirements—Server
If you're hosting your own Nuance Management Center (NMC) server and database server on-premise,
ensure the servers meet the following hardware requirements.
For every 2,000 users:
l One Quad-Core physical server to host the SQL database, NMC server, and NMC console
l Processor: Quad-Core 2 GHz CPU
l Minimum RAM: 8 GB
l Core Application Disk Storage: 4.0 GB for the NMC server
l If using Roaming user profiles: A server, separate machine, or RAID array to host the Master
user profiles directory
l Processor: IntePentium family (http://ark.intel.com/products/family/29862/Intel-
Pentium-Pro-cessor#@Desktop), or AMD Athlon (http://www.amd.com/en-us/-product-
s/processors/desktop/athlon#)
l CPU: 1 GHz minimum (2.4 GHz recommended)
l RAM: 8 GB
l Cache: 512 KB minimum L2 Cache (1 MB recommended)
l One Database Server
l Processor: Dual-Core 2GHz CPU
l Minimum RAM: 8 GB
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