The system requirements for Norman Email Protection is dependant on the number of mailboxes the solution should support. Please find below guidelines for the configuration for different sets for mailboxes.

1 - 500 Mailboxes

  • Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server 
  • 900 Mhz 512 MB of RAM 
  • 7.200 RPM hard drives 
  • Resolution: 1024x768 
  • Quarantine Database: On same machine as NEP

501 - 1.500 Mailboxes (<4 messages/second)

  • Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server 
  • 1,4Ghz 512 MB of RAM 
  • 7.200 RPM hard drives 
  • Resolution: 1024x768 
  • Quarantine Database: On same machine as NEP

1.500 - 5.000 Mailboxes (4 messages/second)

  • Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server 
  • 2,66 Ghz 1 GB of RAM 
  • 7.200 RPM hard drives 
  • Resolution: 1024x768 
  • Quarantine Database: 
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 
    • On same machine as NEP

5.001 - 20.000 Mailboxes (8 messages/sec)

  • Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server 
  • Dual 2,66 Ghz 1 GB of RAM 
  • 10.000 RPM hard drives 
  • Resolution: 1024x768 
  • Quarantine Server: 
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 
    • 1,4Ghz 1 GB of RAM

20.001 - 50.000 mailboxes (40 messages/second)

  • Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server 
  • Dual 3,4Ghz 2 GB of RAM 
  • SCSI hard drives 
  • Resolution: 1024x768 
  • Quarantine Server: 
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 
    • 1,4Ghz 1 GB of RAM

More than 50,000 mailboxes (more than 40 messages/second) 

  • Contact Norman