It is recommended to run a monitoring software on a dedicated system (or dedicated virtual server); some applications may influence performance/availability of the computer on which the monitoring software normally runs and as a result affect the monitoring solution itself.

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• Intel Dual Core or higher recommended


• 100 MB of disk space


• BUSINESS edition: 512-1GB MB of RAM
• PREMIUM edition: 2GB of RAM


• Operating System:
  32 bit: Windows 7/XP - Windows Server 2000/2003/2008
  64 bit: Windows 2008 - Windows 7


• Browser: Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.5+ (Recommended), Safari, Google Chrome


• GSM modem is required for SMS alerting through cell phone network
• Voice modem for alerts through phone calls

Antivirus software may negatively impact the performance of the software.