Network Instruments Observer v13 System Requirements

Minimum and Recommended System Requirements

The following chart displays recommended Observer Standard, Observer Expert, Observer Suite, and Observer Reporting Server minimum and recommended hardware requirements. As with any high-performance network analysis product, the more RAM, and the faster the processor the better.

The minimum system requirements are:

• Dual core Pentium class processor
• 2GB RAM
• Windows XP

Observer may run on systems with less power and RAM than those listed above, but Network Instruments does not support configurations with less than the minimum stated requirements.

The recommended system requirements are:

• Quad core Pentium class processor
• 8GB RAM
• Windows 64-bit operating system