Before installing entrée version 3, it is strongly suggested that you read and comply with all the minimum hardware requirements.

 

entrée  V3 Hardware / Software Specifications

 

File Server Requirements

Microsoft Server 2012 is NOT recommended for entrée version 3.

 

▪Windows 2003 / Windows 2008 Server

▪Intel Xeon 2.4 GHz or greater

▪8 GB RAM

▪500 GB hard drive, 1 TB recommended.

▪CD ROM required

▪17” LCD monitor

▪Backup drive (using an external Hard Drive, a cloud backup service or the NECS recommended Mozy online backup service).

▪Expandable RAID controller desirable

▪SCSI or Serial ATA hard drives recommended

 

Novel networks and Linux operating systems are NOT supported in entrée version 3.  

 

 

Workstation Requirements

If you use Windows 8 or 10 be aware of a conflict when you are also running Windows 7 on the same network. Ideally you should have all the same version of Windows running on your network.

 

▪Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7/ Windows 8 and Windows 10.

▪Pentium IV 1.7 GHz or greater

▪2 GB RAM

▪17" LCD monitor

▪60 GB hard drive

 

NECS recommends SMC Network Adapter Cards such as; 3COM PCI 10/100, or comparable SMC network cards.

 

Remote Desktop Services

•Remote Desktop Service, formerly known as Terminal Services, is one of the components of Windows(both server and client versions) that allows a user to access applications and data on a remote computer over a network, using the Desktop Protocol (RDP).

 

•When running Remote Desktop Services, you will need to install our "Codebase Configuration" file on your entrée file server. This file throttles back the memory consumption used by entrée when running Remote Desktop Services. It is available in the customer download section of our Support area of our website, http://necs.com/support/, or you can contact NECS Technical Support for additional information.

 

•The entrée data files should not be installed on the Terminal Server, instead they should live on a separate File Server.

 

Minimum Terminal Server requirements (for up to 10 workstations)

▪Dual core Xeon processor 2.2GHz +

▪4 GB Ram

▪Windows 2003 Server R2

Recommended Terminal Server requirements (for up to 10 workstations)

▪Quad core Xeon processor 2.33GHz +

▪8 GB Ram

▪Windows 2008 Server 64 Bit

 

1.   In all terminal server setups, no more than 10 clients should be connected. If more than 10 clients need to connect an additional terminal server will be required.

 

2. "NECS_ERR.LOG" File for Terminal Services: In entrée version 3.6.4 the handling of the "NECS_Err.log" file, when running under Terminal Services, was modified so that the file name will include the name of the user logged into entrée, ie: NECS_Err_Fred.log.

 

The NECS_Err.log files will still be stored in the "ProgramData" folder. Each entrée user will now have his or her own individual copy of the file. This update will significantly reduce the number of problems related to permission conflicts, which happen when everyone is trying to access a single file which only has permissions for one user.