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HireTrack NX Server is supported on any standard 32 or 64 bit desktop or server version of Microsoft Windows that is still within Microsoft's extended support period. It is not supported on hardware specific versions such as IoT, RT, Ce, Mobile etc.
HireTrack NX requires a minimum of a Pentium III processor, but an Intel i5 (or equivalent) is recommended as the minimum usable specification. The HireTrack NX server is fully multithreaded and will utilize multiple processors & cores, it does not however support parallel processing within a single query.
Due to the diversity of how different users interact with HireTrack NX, it's not possible for us to specify a "best case" scenario for server hardware, however the faster the processor, the better the performance each user will perceive and as the number of users accessing HireTrack NX grows, the hardware will be better suited to coping with heavy demands. Multiple cores/threads will allow multiple users to process different database queries at the same time.

Although the HireTrack NX server caches all read data, SSD are recommended for optimal performance.

A network card supporting the TCP/IP protocol is also required.

A Windows "Address Windowing Extensions" (AWE) add-on license is available. This both allows the server to access more memory for caching and also permits the server to load more data in to the cache via bulk block loading. It is unlikely that this will be of benefit to anyone with less than 10 HireTrack NX client licenses.

Performance will be optimal if the HireTrack NXServer has access to sufficient memory (see here).

If you're intending to run under a virtualization system, such as Vmware, Hyper-v etc, then the performance of the physical hardware needs to be looked at especially if multiple virtual machines are running on the same hardware. Over the years we've seen many "Ferrari on a car transporter" systems - i.e it looks & feels like a Ferrari from the inside, but it's only going to move at a maximum of 50 mph.

There are various articles on our knowledge base on the topic of performance and virtual machines .