Chapter 2 Hardware and software guidelines 21Engineering Guidelines for Symposium TAPI Service Provider for Succession, release 3.0Minimum hardware requirementsIf you are upgrading to release 3.0 from an earlier release of Symposium TAPISP, it is possible that your TAPI server does not conform to the hardwareconfigurations recommended above. These minimum recommendation ensuresthat the server has sufficient processing power to run the Symposium TAPI SPapplication while maintaining the capacity specification for the previous release.Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 serverTable 2 lists the minimun hardware configuration to install Symposium TAPI SPon Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 servers.Backup, disaster recovery, and solution redundancyA backup tape drive is not a requirement for Symposium TAPI SP.Table 2 Minimum configurationComponent Minimum requirementComputer/processor Pentium III 1.0 GHz PCMemory 512 MB RAMHard Disk 20 MB of free disk spaceMicrosoft TAPI software Pre-loaded on the Microsoft Windows 2000 server, with aminimum of service pack 4 installed or Windows Server2003Disk drive CD-ROMDisk drive 3.5 floppy• 1 x 10/100BASE-Tnetwork Ethernet port• 2 x10/100BASE-Tnetwork Ethernet ports• Call Center installation• Direct connect installationMonitor VGA/Super VGA (800 X 600 pixels)Peripherals Keyboard and mouse