Hardware Requirements

This section lists the hardware requirements for the following:

Commerce Server

Administration Tools

Business Desk Client

Commerce Server

The hardware requirements for a Commerce Server 2000 server installation are:

  • 400 MHz or faster Pentium-compatible CPU

  • 256 MB of RAM (128 MB of RAM is adequate for a development environment)

  • 100 MB of hard disk space

  • CD-ROM drive

  • Network adapter card

  • VGA or Super VGA monitor

  • Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

In your production environment, the volume of traffic on your Web site may dictate more stringent hardware requirements for Web servers.

Administration Tools

The hardware requirements for a Commerce Server 2000 installation with Administration tools only are:

  • 266 MHz or faster Pentium-compatible CPU

  • 128 MB of RAM

  • 20 MB of hard disk space

  • CD-ROM drive

  • Network adapter card

  • VGA or Super VGA monitor set to 800 by 600 pixels resolution or higher

  • Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Business Desk Client

The hardware requirements for a Business Desk client are:

  • 266 MHz or faster Pentium-compatible CPU

  • 5 MB of hard disk space

  • CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

  • VGA or higher-resolution monitor set to 800 by 600 pixels resolution or higher

  • Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device


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