System Requirements Recommendations

Often, Tricerat is asked to recommend a set of minimum system requirements. Most of the time, these requirements would parallel Microsoft's minimum system requirements. Useful Microsoft articles links are shown below.

Tricerat has engaged in stress testing two major components and has refined system requirements based on these testing results. The major components are the Tricerat License Server and Print Servers. Our extended recommendations, based on load, are included below.

Single User Windows 10/11

Microsoft recommendations can be found here. Tricerat minimums:

Component	Requirement
Processor	1 GHz
RAM	2 GB
CPU	2
Free Disk Space	2 GB for Advanced Print Features and temporary files

Multiple User Windows Server 2019 or Higher

Microsoft recommendations can be found here. Tricerat minimums:

Component	Requirement
Processor	1.4 GHz
RAM	2 GB
CPU	2
Free Disk Space	20 GB for Print Spooler, Advanced Print Features, and temporary files

Tricerat License Server

Any Server (2019 or higher) 64-bit OS. Tricerat minimums:

Component	Requirement
Processor	1 GHz
RAM	4 GB
CPU	2 (up to 2,500 concurrent licenses) 4 (up to 5,000 concurrent licenses) 6 (over 5,000 concurrent licenses)
Free Disk Space	20 GB for log files which are always enabled

Tricerat Print Server

Any Server (2019 or higher) 64-bit OS. Microsoft article here. Tricerat minimums:

Component	Requirement
Processor	2 GHz
RAM/CPU	2 GB / 2 CPU (up to 25 print jobs/minute) 4 GB / 4 CPU (up to 30 print jobs/minute) 6 GB / 6 CPU (up to 35 print jobs/minute) 8 GB / 8 CPU (up to 45 print jobs/minute)
Free Disk Space	20 GB for Print Spooler, temporary, and log files

Tricerat SQL Server

Any Server (2019 or higher) 64-bit OS. Microsoft article here. Tricerat minimums:

Component	Requirement
Processor	2.0 GHz
RAM	4 GB
CPU	4
Free Disk Space	20 GB for Database and temporary files