Server Requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Purpose | Development, Evaluation, Small-Scale Deployments | Production Deployments |
| Server Count | 1 server / node | 1+ servers / nodes |
| See Hardware Sizing Information for more info. | ||
| CPU Core Count | 4 (per node) | 12+ (per node) |
| GPU | Not required | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX Titan X, GTX 980 Ti, GTX 980 or GTX 970 |
| NVIDIA® Tesla® K80, K40 or K20 | ||
| Note: If available, Avid Dialogue Search will automatically leverage NVIDIA® GPUs to boost the performance of phonetic indexing operations. Performance can be improved by as much as 400% when a GPU is available. | ||
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16+ GB RAM |
| Disk | SSD (preferred) | SSD |
| 7200+ RPM Magnetic | ||
| For search index storage. See Hardware Sizing Information for more info. |
For search index storage. See Hardware Sizing Information for more info. |
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| Network | 1 Gbps | 1 Gbps or greater |
| For network connection to media storage | For network connection to media storage | |
| Operating System | Windows Server 2012 R2 (Essentials, Standard, Datacenter) | Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard |
| Windows Server 2012 (Essentials, Standard, Datacenter) | Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter) | ||
| Windows 8 | ||
| Windows 7, 64-bit only (Ultimate, Professional, Enterprise) | ||
| Software Prerequisites | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 | |
| Microsoft IIS 7.0 or higher with ASP.NET | ||
| Windows Media Player 12 (part of Desktop Experience feature on Windows Server editions) | ||