SmartAdvocate® Hardware and Software Requirements for up to 100 users (Self-hosted)

Hardware Specifications

	Minimum	Recommended
Database & Web Server (one machine)
Number cores:	6-8 logical cores	10-12 logical cores
Example Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 @ 3.80GHz	Intel Xeon E-2176G @ 3.70GHz
PassMark Score	10,000+	15,000+
RAM	16GB	32GB
System Hard Drive	50 GB¹	100 GB SSD (RAID1)¹
Database Hard Drive	50 GB¹	100 GB SSD (RAID1)¹
Documents/Images Hard Drive	As needed²	As needed (RAID5)²
Workstations
Processor	Intel Core i3-9100F @ 3.60GHz (or similar)	Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz (or similar)
RAM	8GB	16GB
Monitor resolution	1280 x 1024	1920 x 1200
Network
Speed	30 Mbps	100 Mbps

¹ This is the space required by SmartAdvocate software/database and not the actual size of the hard drive.

² The hard drive size for the Documents and Images is an estimate and will depend on your firm’s document scanning and retention polices as well as types of the documents you are storing.

Software Specifications

Database & Web Server (one machine)

O/S: Windows Server 2016, or later
Database: Microsoft SQL 2016 SP3, or later (Standard or Enterprise edition)
Web Server: Microsoft IIS 7.0, 8.0
Office Software: Microsoft Office 2013, or later (only MS Word and Excel is required)

Work Station

O/S: Windows 7 or later; MacOS Version 10.15: "Catalina" or later
Google Chrome 78+, Edge 88+, Safari 13+
Microsoft Office 2010 and later

It is the Licensee’s responsibility to ensure that all hardware, third party software and networking are in compliance and installed with the above minimum requirements prior to the installation of the SmartAdvocate Software. Please note that user experience with the Software, including the speed of the application and related processes, is greatly dependent upon fast hardware, proper software and an efficiently running network.