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GoldMine System Requirements


  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0
  • Microsoft® Windows® 98 (including SE)/Me/2000 (Professional, Server and Advanced)/XP (Home or Professional)
  • Intel® Pentium® 166 MHz or higher CPU (Pentium II or higher recommended)
  • Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
  • 32 MB RAM (64 MB or more recommended)
  • 65 MB of available hard disk space (125 MB recommended)


  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0
  • Microsoft® SQL Server™ requires Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Intel® Pentium® 166 MHz or higher CPU (Pentium II or higher recommended)
  • Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
  • 64 MB RAM (128 MB or more recommended)
  • 105 to 290 MB of available hard disk space (500 MB recommended)
  • Palm OS® 3.x or higher


  • Microsoft® Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0
  • A minimum of 5 GoldMine Corporate Edition licenses
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 2 or 3


Overview

Before you install GoldMine on a network server, a client workstation, or an undocked/single-user computer, it is important to make sure your system meets the system requirements. Minimum and recommended requirements are provided for various environments. Performance considerations are noted to assist you in establishing your business needs.

IMPORTANT: This installation guide provides information for installing either GoldMine 6.5 with a D-License and dBASE database or GoldMine 6.5 with an E-License and a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database. Pay particular attention to the system requirements that apply to your license type.

GoldMine System Requirements

CAUTION: If you are using GoldMine with Microsoft SQL Server, use the “Recommended” requirements instead of the “Minimum.” Server Requirements

Server Requirements
The following recommendations are made for GoldMine servers.


Network Operating Systems


FrontRange Solutions supports the following network operating systems:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server; Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Novell NetWare 5.0 and 6.0 (only with Microsoft Client for Netware, not Novell intraNetWare Client/Client 32)
CAUTION: Novell cannot host Microsoft SQL Server. A Windows Server is required for SQL 2000.
For more information on Novell NetWare, see Appendix D, "Installing on a Novell NetWare Network."
Network Protocols

TCP/IP (recommended)

IPX/SPX

NetBEUI

Server System Requirements

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server; Windows 2003 Server SCSI or Ultra DMA Enhanced IDE hard drives: RAID Array or mirrored (recommended) 100 MBps network connection (recommended)

Server Memory Requirements
Database Size
Minimum RAM Allocation
50 MB
128 MB
100 MB
256 MB
500 MB < 2 GB
512 MB
2 - 5 GB
1 GB
5 - 12 GB
2 GB
12+ GB
3 GB

Server CPU Requirements
Users
Minimum
Recommended
1-10
Pentium III 300 MHz Pentium III 700 MHz
11-50
Pentium III 300 MHz dual processor Pentium III 700 MHz dual processor
51-149
Pentium III 700 MHz dual processor Pentium III 700 MHz quad processor

GoldMine Performance Considerations

Server RAM and CPU requirements vary depending upon your database and the following factors:

  • Number of Contact Records in the database (1 K each)
  • Number of Detail Records in the database (2 K each)
  • Number of History Records in the database (1 K each)
  • Number of user-defined fields in the database
  • Number of simultaneous users on the network
  • Database size
Shared Workstation Requirements

The following recommendations are made for client workstations connected to the GoldMine server.


Operating Systems


FrontRange Solutions supports the following Microsoft operating systems:
Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE

Microsoft Windows ME

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/Server/ Advanced Server

Microsoft Windows XP (Home/Professional)

Note: FrontRange Solutions Technical Support neither supports nor recommends using Windows emulators such as Macintosh, Linux, or other operating systems.
System
Minimum
Recommended for Standard
Recommended for Corporate Edition
CPU
Pentium 200 MHz
Pentium I/III +
Pentium III/4
HDD
65 MB
165 MB +
300 MB
RAM
64 MB
128 MB +
256 MB

Undocked/Single-user Requirements

The following recommendations are made for computers working disconnected from a GoldMine server but synchronized with the GoldMine server to update information.

Operating Systems

FrontRange Solutions supports the following Microsoft operating systems:

  • icrosoft Windows 98/98 SE
  • Microsoft Windows ME
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/Server/ Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows XP (Home/Professional)

Note: FrontRange Solutions Technical Support neither supports nor recommends using Windows emulators such as Macintosh, Linux, or other operating systems.

Performance Considerations

Your RAM and CPU requirements vary depending on your database and the following factors:

  • Number of Contact Records in the database (1 K each)
  • Number of Detail Records in the database (2 K each)
  • Number of History Records in the database (1 K each)
  • Number of user-defined fields in the database
  • Number of simultaneous users on the network
  • Database size
System
Minimum
Recommended for Standard
Recommended for Corporate Edition
CPU
Pentium 200 MHz
Pentium I/III +
Pentium III/4
HDD
65 MB
165 MB +
300 MB
RAM
64 MB
128 MB +
256 MB

Software Requirements

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
  • If Borland Database Engine (BDE) is installed on your target system, a minimum of BDE 5.01 is required. If no BDE is present on the target system, GoldMine installs it automatically.

GoldMine Link for Outlook Requirements

If you have purchased a GoldMine (Corporate Edition) E-License, and want to integrate it with Microsoft Outlook, to install the GoldMine Link for Outlook, you must have Outlook 2000 SR-1 (9.0.0.3821) or 2002 (XP) installed on your computer.

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