Smartdoc makes use of many standard Microsoft® technologies already in place in many offices. These requirements are only a guideline. Please contact our support desk.

Server

Server Hardware Requirements

The minimum hardware requirements to run Smartdoc Server on a dedicated machine in a production environment are:

Minimum Requirements

• Single (dedicated),Server or Virtual Machine Server: A server or virtual machine is required to run the document management server.
• Processor:  A modern Dual Core or better AMD or Intel Processor (Quad core recommended)
• Server Memory: 4GB or more is recommended for best performance when using Windows® Server.
• Hard Disk A: Raid 1 (mirrored) or Raid 5+ Hard drive configuration for fault tolerance isrecommended. This disk is used for storing documents temporarily.

Non-dedicated hardware:

The system running Smartdoc Server can be used for other applications (this includes SQL Server), either presently or in the future, but the hardware requirements have to account for all software running on that same machine.

When no dedicated system is available to run Smartdoc Server, Smartdoc cannot be held responsible for any 3rd party conflicts which may occur during install or operation.

Server Software Requirements

These editions of Windows® Server are supported:

• Windows® 2012 Essentials, Standard and Datacenter Edition Server (64 bit) or higher with .NET 4.8 full Framework
• Windows® 2016 Essentials, Standard and Datacenter Edition Server (64 bit) or higher with .NET 4.8 full Framework
• Windows® 2019 Essentials, Standard and Datacenter Edition Server (64 bit) or higher with .NET 4.8 full Framework
• Windows® 2022 Essentials, Standard and Datacenter Edition Server (64 bit) or higher with .NET 4.8 full Framework

Smartdoc Server listens for incoming connections on a particular port. The default port used for Smartdoc Server is TCP 4000.

Database Server Requirements for Smartdoc

Support for Server 2008 ended in July 2019.

• SQL Server® 2012 with Full Text Search installed
• SQL Server® 2014 with Full Text Search installed
• SQL Server® 2016 with Full Text Search installed
• SQL Server® 2017 with Full Text Search installed
• SQL Server® 2019 with Full Text Search installed
• Azure SQL

There should be at least double the space of the current document or file collection on your file server and/or network drive. More space may be required depending on the number and size of documents to be managed by the document software.

Recommended hardware requirements for MS SQL Server.

Windows® Active Directory Integration

For user authentication and security a system with Microsoft® Active Directory is required.

• Windows® Active Directory
• Azure Active directory

Workstation

Smartdoc application – supported Operating Systems

• Windows® 8 Pro or higher (32 bit and 64 bit) with .NET 4.8 full Framework
• Windows® 10 Pro or higher (32 bit and 64 bit) with .NET 4.8 full Framework
• Windows® 11 Pro (64 bit) with .NET 4.8 full Framework

Smartdoc Office Connector

• Microsoft® Office Professional 2010 32 bit and 64 bit (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Microsoft® Office Professional 2013 32 bit and 64 bit (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Microsoft® Office Professional 2016 32 bit and 64 bit (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Microsoft® Office Professional 2019 32 bit and 64 bit (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Microsoft® Office Professional 2021 32 bit and 64 bit (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• The Smartdoc office connector does not support online/browser versions of Microsoft® Office 365.

Backup

You are solely responsible for backing up any content or data entered into Smartdoc Server. We recommend that you regularly and completely backup all of your content and data on the server.

Comprehensive recovery requires more than just data backup. Your SQL Server® database contains tables, logs, and other components that structure the data. Using a specific backup solution for SQL Server®, a unified and intuitive backup solution, is critical to create a secure live database backup that can be recovered successfully.

Proven database backup technology can significantly reduce disaster recovery time, so organizations can be up and running again in minutes instead of hours. One-step recovery and automated recovery to pointof- failure reduces downtime in order to meet Recovery Time Objectives (RTO). A rolling snapshot feature enables near-instantaneous recovery in cases where a database is damaged due to human error or logical data corruption.

Last update: 18/01/2022