C-Gate Requirements

Hi Mike,

You will need to consult Technical Support for the official response on this matter. I can't give you concrete specs.

However, a few thoughts:

1. Error Correcting RAM from a reputable brand. This is crucial.

2. Lots of RAM. If you're running Windows XP, it'll use up to 4GB of RAM, and you can't go far wrong with that. Remember to go into Toolkit preferences and allocate more RAM to C-Gate than the default.

3. Hard Drive space. Take potentially several gigabytes of log files into consideration.

4. Clean ethernet. Avoid odd configurations or routers injecting funny messages. The more "standard" your network, the better.

 

Yes.. you definitely need a processor

Seriously though, for advice on system specification such as this you really should contact Technical Support, rather than taking advice from an unofficial source such as this forum.

Chances are the same people will ultimately end up answering your questions, but :

a) they'll be able to spend more time on it because it comes through official channels, and
b) you get an official recommendation, which is supported by the company (unlike anything that's said here)

Nick

 

Any modern processor will do.

A BIG Caveat: If you use ECC RAM, you *must* *must* *must* use a Xeon processor. The new Intel Core i series of processors are very nice and very yummy AND THEY DO NOT SUPPORT ECC RAM. They are desktop processors, and Intel have a marketing distinction: Core i series = desktop = no ECC. Xeon = server / professional = ECC.

You also need a motherboard chipset that supports ECC.

Basically you are looking at a professional workstation (but check that its got ECC RAM, supports ECC in the chipset, and uses a Xeon).

If anybody at all tells you that what I have written is wrong, smack them. They don't know. It took me about 6 or 7 hours of digging to eventually find this out.

[I don't know about AMD processors. Don't ask "what about AMD", cos I can't answer.]

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Clarification: If you are looking at a machine spec, and it does not mention ECC, then it does not have it. If it mentions ECC and does not have a Xeon, they are telling lies.

You will find systems from Dell, Lenovo, etc, that are OK and do all this. You can also build your own very successfully from parts. If you want details, I can tell you one a couple I've done that would be just fine (in fact would be way overkill).