Hardware and Software Architecture

Recommended hardware and software requirements for the ConstructSim Planner product suite and the ConstructSim Work Package Server are listed below.

Note: If you are using Windows 8 or Windows 10, Windows Identity Foundation is already installed on your system but you need to turn it on. To do this, from the Start menu, go to Program and Features. Click Turn Windows features on or off. In the dialog, turn on Windows Identity Foundation.

Database Server

Two Database Servers: one for the Application Server, and other for the Data Processing Server; 2 VMs

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition + SP2 (or better) with SQL Server Report Services (SSRS) for the VCM Server
WPS Extensions for SSRS
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2698B v3 @2.0 GHz (4 Cores)
RAM: 56 GB
Disk drives:
- <local drive>: system 128 GB
- <drive>: 1022 GB (SSD); for database data files
- <drive>: 1022 GB (SSD); for database log files
- <drive>: 1022 GB; for database backups

Note: For more information on disk partition sizes for SQL Servers, see Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server on the Microsoft website.

Application Server (1 VM)

ConstructSim Work Package Server Application Server software (AssetWise System Management Console)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2698B v3 @2.0 GHz (4 Cores)
RAM: 56 GB
Disk drives:
- <local drive>: system 128 GB
- <drive>: 1022 GB (large enough to hold the file repository)

Data Processing Server (1 VM)

ConstructSim Planner
ConstructSim Executive
ConstructSim Standard Template
AssetWise Director
Microsoft Word/Access/Excel 2013 32bit
ConstructSim Work Package Server (AssetWise System Management Console) to support engines
ConstructSim Work Package Server Engine (Microsoft Excel)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM - Management Studio Express
SQLCMD command line utility for SQL SERVER
Windows 7 x64, Windows 8 x64, or Windows 10 x64
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2698B v3 @2.0 GHz (4 Cores)
RAM: 56 GB
Disk drives:
- <local drive>: system 128 GB
- <drive>: 1022 GB (large enough to hold the project files)

Web Server (1 VM)

ConstructSim Work Package Server Web Application
Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 or better
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with SSRS
Windows Identity Foundation
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
CPU: Intel Xeon CPU E5-2673 v3 @ 2.4 GHz (4 Cores)
Disk: 128 GB
RAM: 16 GB
web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer is the recommended browser)

Note: If you are using Internet Explorer as your browser, go to Tools > Compatibility View settings and make sure the two options, Display intranet sites in Compatibility View and Display all websites in Compatibility View are off.

Also in the Compatibility View Settings dialog, with the web server address in the Add this website: field, click Add and make sure the web server address appears in the Websites you've added to Compatibility View: list.

File Server

This is optional if you want to use UNC path for your Application server's file repository. If you use the Distributed File Server replication for file backups, you should set up this server.

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
64 Bit, 4 core
8 GB RAM or better
500 GB or better

Client System(s)

Microsoft SQL Express 2012 SP2 must be installed on all client machines running ConstructSim Planner. If multiple users will share a client machine, each user must be added to the Microsoft SQL Express with sysadmin privileges.
Windows 7 x64, Windows 8 x64, or Windows 10 x64
Windows Identity Foundation
64 Bit, 4 core
32 GB RAM
500 GB or better
Solid State Drive(s)

Roles	System	Software
Workface Planner	Desktop	ConstructSim Planner
Team member, engineering work package data loader	Desktop, Laptop or Tablet	ConstructSim Work Package Server web client