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Dialogic
®
HMP Software Release 3.0WIN Release Guide — December 2010 15
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2.System Requirements
The basic requirements to install and run Dialogic
®
Host Media Processing Software
Release 3.0WIN are described in the following sections:
Basic Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Basic Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Equipment and Configurations Tested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ordering the Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.1 Basic Hardware Requirements
The basic hardware requirements for this release are:
Processor: See Table 1 for processor recommendations.
Memory: 512 MB to 2 GB of RAM, depending on channel density and resource
configuration.
Note: A minimum of 2 GB of RAM is required when running Dialogic
®
HMP
Software on Windows
®
7 or Windows Server
®
2008.
Kernel Memory: Nonpaged: Dialogic
®
HMP Software uses this space for allocating
memory for its resources. Nonpaged memory requirements do not include the
operating system. Operating system usage varies based on system drivers. The
Dialogic
®
HMP Software requires above 200 MB of non-paged memory or system
performance may show degradation or failure (Dialogic
®
Configuration Manager
(DCM) will not start).
Note: Under Windows
®
7 and later, the non-paged memory limit has been
increased due to optimizations by Microsoft.
Disk Space: 500 MB of disk space is required for full installation of Dialogic
®
HMP
Software Release 3.0WIN. For multimedia recording, disk space depends on the
application program, but can be estimated using the following guidelines:
160 KB required for 10 seconds of audio at maximum of 128 kbps bit rate (linear
PCM format)
160 KB required for 10 seconds of video at maximum of 128 kbps bit rate
80 KB required for 10 seconds of video at maximum of 64 kbps bit rate
HPET Timer: A system with an HPET Timer is required when using Dialogic
®
HMP
Software with Windows
®
7 or Windows Server
®
2008. For the most desirable results,
select systems that have BIOS support for the HPET Timer. Dialogic provides an
HPETTOOL utility to assist in determining motherboard compatibility. Refer to the
Dialogic
®
HMP Software Release 3.0WIN Software Installation Guide for instructions
about using this utility.