2018.1

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Use a high-performance, low-latency hard drive. Connect benefits from fast I/O.
Preferably use a Solid State Drive (SSD) or similar for storage.
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Use at least 8+ GB High-Quality RAM. Check memory usage while the Print command is
being executed to see if you need more than the minimum of 8GB. Assuming that the
Designer and the Connect database need 1GB each, that each Merge engine needs 1GB
and the Weaver engine needs 1GB as well, you can roughly estimate how much memory
is needed.
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Consider using hardware with more physical cores. PrintShop Mail Connect doesn't limit
the number of Merge engines that is used for a print job, so if the number of physical cores
is low, it makes sense to see if that can be increased. When running on a virtual machine,
this is usually easy. When running on a physical machine, it means that you may have to
switch hardware. Make sure to address all issues mentioned in this topic before deciding
that you need to invest.
System requirements
These are the system requirements for PrintShop Mail Connect 2018.1
Operating system (64-bit only)
l Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Server
l Microsoft Windows 2012/2012 R2 Server
l Microsoft Windows 2016 Server
l Windows 7
l Microsoft Windows 8.1
l Microsoft Windows 10 (Pro and Enterprise versions only)
Note
Windows Vista, Windows 8.0, Windows 2003 Server and earlier versions of Windows are
not supported by PrintShop Mail Connect.
Minimum hardware requirements
l NTFS Filesystem (FAT32 is not supported)
l CPU Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell (4 Core)
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