PowerFLOW System Requirements and Recommendations
Please see the table below for hardware recommendations for a pre & post-processing workstation for PowerFLOW. These recommendations are applicable to a workstation used for client tools used for pre & post-processing, not for discretization or simulation. Discretization and simulation hardware will depend on the user and may vary widely.
PowerFLOW Pre/Post-Processing Workstation |
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Minimum System Requirements |
Recommended |
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RAM |
8 GB |
64 GB |
CPUs |
4 Cores |
8 cores for standard user, 16 cores for heavy PowerACOUSTICS/PowerTHERM users. We recommend using recent-generation Intel Xeon processors. |
Graphics Card |
NVIDIA Maxwell-based GPU or later. |
Example : Quadro M4000 or Quadro M6000 based on budget. |
Storage |
500 GB hard drive |
SSD storage for local machines |
Operating System |
64-bit RHEL 6, 7 |
User preference |