Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Installation Guide - Manual (Page 27)

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application client or server. You might choose to run operator or engineering workstations
in a Windows Server operating system, but that is not required.
Recommended specifications for application servers are not as flexible, because server
computers are more likely to host critical components and to handle more of the
processing load in a FactoryTalk View SE application.
Operating system recommendations for application servers
For computers hosting application servers (HMI servers, data servers, or Tag Alarm and
Event Servers), operating system requirements depend on whether the server will support
more or fewer than 10 client connections.
A client can be any of FactoryTalk View SE Client, FactoryTalk View Studio, the
FactoryTalk View SE Administration Console, a FactoryTalk Transaction Manager
connector, or another FactoryTalk View SE Server.
For application servers that support:
 More than 10 client connections, the recommended operating systems (with the
appropriate number of CAL (client access licenses) installed)
 Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition (64-bit)
 Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition (64-bit)
 Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
 Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition with Service Pack 2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
 Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition with Service Pack 1 (64-bit).
 10 or fewer client connections, the minimum requirement is
 Windows 8.1 Professional (32-bit or 64-bit)
 Windows 8 Professional (32-bit or 64-bit)
 Windows 7 Professional (32-bit or 64-bit)
 Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 (32-bit).
FactoryTalk View SE software is tested and supported on Windows operating systems installed
from original Microsoft media only. Using unsupported operating systems is not recommended.
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