Summary

The requirements of SmarterMail are minimal, so that it can coexist with other applications on the same server. Below you will find the minimal requirements and a sample installation which may help you decide how much your hardware can process.

Minimum Requirements

• Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, or Windows Vista
• RAM: 512MB
• CPU: 1 GHz Processor or higher
• DISK: 150 Megs
• IIS 5 or higher (Required if you will not use the SmarterMail Web Server)

Sample Installations

Domains 0	Users 0	Messages 1	Requirements 2
500	3,000	250,000	Windows 2000 or higher CPU: Dual P3 RAM: 1.0 GB Single Driver(s) or RAID 5/10
2,000	20,000	1,000,000	Windows 2003 CPU: Dual Xeon RAM: 2.0 GB RAID 10
Gateway Server	N/A	2,000,000	Windows 2003 CPU: Dual Xeon RAM: 1.0 GB

¹ Messages (above) based on a daily scale.
² RAID1 configurations should NOT be used due to dramatic decreases in server    performance.

NOTE: All installations are different, and extra load caused by excessive messages or email accounts may skew the server requirements. SmarterTools recommends adding domains slowly to the server once you get close to these limits and watching how they impact your server. Also, it is important to realize that email patterns indicate that email messages per account are increasing roughly 60% every two years. Keep this growth in mind when planning your rollout.

If you have an infrastructure already and are curious as to what your requirements might be, please feel free to contact us and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have.