System requirements

These are the system requirements for OL Connect 2024.1

Operating system

Any 64 bit Windows Desktop or Server version that is actively supported by Microsoft.

New versions of Windows are supported within the first 6 months of their commercial release.

Note: ARM CPUs are not supported. This applies to machines running Windows on ARM and virtualization software running on Apple computers, such as Parallels Desktop.

Supported virtual environments

  • VMWare vCenter/vSphere

  • Microsoft Hyper-V/Azure

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Google Cloud Platform

Note: Multi-user environments like Terminal Services or VMWare Horizon are not officially supported.

Recommended system requirements for the OL Connect / Workflow servers

As with any software application, minimum hardware requirements represent the most basic hardware on which the software will run. Note however that settling for the minimum specification is unlikely to produce the performance you expect from the system. It can be used when configuring a trial or a development system, however.

  • CPU: at least 8 64-bit logical processors (aka threads)

  • RAM: at least 16 GB

  • Storage: at least 100GB available on fast SSD for the system drive (by default this means the C: drive)

  • Networking: at least 1Gbps

Note: These values are for the OL Connect Servers when used in production. The OL Connect Designer and the Workflow Configuration Tool can be used on systems with lower hardware specifications, so long as they are not used to generate production output.

A word of caution

OL Connect is used for a very wide variety of applications. Consequently, it is difficult to determine which system configuration will produce the best results for any given application. The specifications above are therefore meant as general guidelines that should produce the expected results for most implementations.
Keep in mind, however, that they may not represent the optimal configuration for your particular application.

Rules of thumb

When installing on multiple PCs, keep the following rules of thumb in mind:

  • The more logical processors, the better

  • Higher CPU clock speeds are recommended: 24 logical processors @3GHz may perform better than 32 logical processors @2.2 GHz, depending on the workload

  • For each additional logical processor, plan to add 2 GBs of RAM

  • The number of logical processors is in direct relation with the number of OL Connect engines that can efficiently run concurrently