Requirements and Recommendations
Learn about the Software and Hardware requirements and recommendations relevant for the WEBfactor 2010 product.
This article contains the software and hardware requirements and recommendations for viewing and creating SCADA visualizations and also for development using WEBfactory 2010 Client SDK and Server SDK:
Software Requirements
Important
These system requirements are applicable to WEBfactory 2010 Version 3.6 and above. These are the minimum requirements for the basic functionality of the software. Actual conditions can vary, depending on the system configuration, the software that is installed and the features.
The default operating system compatibility of is limited by the requirements of the SQL Server 2016 Express Edition, which is delivered by default with the Setup. The following operating systems are supported by SQL Server 2016 Express Edition:
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 Standard
Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
Windows Server 2016 Standard
Windows Server 2016 Essentials
Windows Server 2019 Standard
Windows Server 2019 Essentials
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10 Professional
Windows 10 Enterprise
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
Read more information about the Microsoft SQL Server 2016 requirements.
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Operating Systems | Any Operating System with a HTML5 (and/or Silverlight) enabled web browser. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Web Browser | Web browser with HTML5 and/or Silverlight support. Check below table for an overview of web browser compatibility with HTML5 and Silverlight:
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Running WEBfactory 2010 Requirements | Description |
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Supported SQL Servers |
NoteThe current release of WEBfactory 2010 requires the language for the user used for logging on (SQL server user = WEBfactory 2010 Studio user) to be set to English when the SQL server is installed manually (not by WEBfactory 2010 setup) or an own SQL server user account is created. |
.NET Framework | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7 or above NOTE - For optimal results when working with the WEBfactory 2010, a set of Windows Roles and Features need to be enabled.  All .NET Framework features must be turned on |
Silverlight SDK | Microsoft Silverlight 5 SDK |
Web server | Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) NOTE - The use of a Windows Server operating system is recommended to allow access for several clients. For optimal results when working with the WEBfactory 2010, a set of Windows Roles and Features need to be enabled.  All IIS features must be turned on |
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Developing with WEBfactory 2010 Client SDK. Silverlight, WPF and HTML5 | Description |
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Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 (x64) or higher |
.NET Framework | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7 or higher |
Silverlight SDK | Microsoft Silverlight 5 SDK or higher |
Silverlight Toolkit | Microsoft Silverlight 5 Toolkit |
Silverlight Developer Runtime | Microsoft Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime or newer |
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IDE for WPF ( controls) |
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Developing with WEBfactory 2010 Server SDK | Developing |
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Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 (x64) or higher |
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Hardware Recommendations
Important
These hardware recommendations are applicable to WEBfactory 2010 Version 3.6 and higher. Actual conditions can vary, depending on amount of data logging, alarms and update rates.
Server requirements | Small Projects (Up to 5000 items) | Medium Projects (5000 to 50000 items) | Large Projects (50000+ items) |
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RAM Memory | 8 Gb | 16 Gb | >16 Gb |
CPU cores | 4 | 8 | >8 |
Client requirements | Description |
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RAM Memory | 4 Gb |
CPU cores | 2 |
GPU | A dedicated graphics adapter or a performant integrated graphics chip. Due to the wide range of available graphic adapters there is no general recommendation. But using a low performance graphic adapter will result in slow graphic response and delayed page reaction times. |