Desktop Central MSP - System Requirements

Hardware Requirements for Desktop Central MSP Server

No. of Computers/Devices Managed	Processor Information	RAM Size	Hard Disk Space
1 to 250	Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache	2 GB	5 GB*
251 to 500	Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.4 Ghz 3 MB cache	4 GB	10 GB*
501 to 1000	Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.9 Ghz 3 MB cache	4 GB	20 GB*
1001 to 3000	Intel Core i5 (4 core/4 thread) 2.3 GHz. 6 MB cache	8 GB	30 GB*
3001 to 5000	Intel Core i7 (6 core/12 thread) 3.2 GHz. 12 MB cache	8 GB	40 GB*
5001 to 10000	Intel Xeon E5 (8 core/16 thread) 2.6 GHz. 20 MB cache	16 GB	60 GB*

* May dynamically grow according to frequency of scanning

When managing computers above 1000, it is advisable to install Desktop Central on a Windows 2008 R2 Server Enterprise Edition

Hardware Requirements for Distribution Server

No. of Computers Managed Using the Distribution Server	Processor Information	RAM Size	Hard Disk Space
1 to 250	Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache	2 GB	4 GB*
251 to 500	Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache	4 GB	8 GB*
501 to 1000	Intel Core i5 (4 core/4 thread) 2.3 GHz. 6 MB cache	4 GB	12 GB*

* Hard disk space may grow depending on the number of software and patches that are deployed.

Hardware Requirements for Desktop Central Agent

Hardware	Recommendations
Processors	Intel Pentium
Processor Speed	1.0 GHz
RAM Size	512 MB
Hard Disk Space	30 MB*

* May dynamically grow depending on the operations performed on the client computer

Software Requirements

Desktop Central MSP can be installed in any of the supported platforms including Virtual Machines.

Desktops

Windows 2000 Professional
Windows XP Professional
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit)
Microsoft Windows 8

Servers

Windows 2000
Windows 2003
Windows 2008
Microsoft Windows 2008
Microsoft Windows 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 2012

Virtual Machines running any of the supported Operating Systems specified above,

and Terminal Clients

Supported Browsers - ManageEngine Desktop Central MSP requires one of the following browsers to be installed in the system for working with the Desktop Central Client.

Internet Explorer 5.5 and above
Netscape 7.0 and above
Mozilla Firefox 1.0 and above
Google Chrome

Preferred screen resolution 1024 x 768 pixels or higher

Managed Operating Systems:

Desktop Central MSP supports managing desktops and mobile devices using the following Operating systems.