# Astera 8 - System Requirements

| **Client Application Processor** | Dual Core or greater (recommended); 2.0 GHz or greater                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Server Application Processor** | Quad Core or greater (recommended)                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **Repository Database**          | MS SQL Server 2008R2 or newer, or PostgreSQL 9.x or newer for hosting repository database                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Operating System - Client**    | Windows 10 (recommended)                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Operating System - Server**    | **Windows:** Windows 10 or Windows Server 2012 or newer                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|                                  | **Linux:** Linux-like OS with support for .NET Core 3.0 runtime or newer. For the current list of supported Linux distributions, visit: <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/dependencies?tabs=netcore31\\&pivots=os-linux> |
| **Memory**                       | **Client:** 4GB or greater (recommended)                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                                  | **Server:** 8GB or greater (recommended); 32GB or greater for heavy data processing                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Hard Disk Space**              | **Client:** 300 MB – (if .NET Framework is pre-installed)                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                                  | **Server:** 700 MB – (if .NET Framework is pre-installed)                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                                  | Additional 300 MB if .NET Framework is not installed                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **Other**                        | Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 for the client, .NET Core Runtime 3.0 for the server                                                                                                                                                   |

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note**: The overall speed and performance of the application depend on the configuration of your machine. More memory and higher processing speed on the system will result in faster performance, especially when transferring large amounts of data as the application takes advantage of the multicore hardware to parallelize operations.
{% endhint %}


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