Hardware and Software Requirements


Patriot is suitable for deployment in any monitoring environment from the smallest to the very large central monitoring station.


Patriot will run on:


  • Stand-alone PCs
  • Peer to Peer networks of Windows workstations
  • Microsoft Windows Server based networks

SQL Server


Patriot uses industry standard Microsoft SQL Server. This ensures reliable and consistent database performance for the smallest to very largest Patriot systems.  Patriot is used with SQL 2014+.


Note that Microsoft SQL Server is not included in the Patriot package pricing and should be sourced from a preferred Microsoft supplier.


Patriot Lite / Professional < 2000 Accounts SQL Express
Patriot Professional / Enterprise < 10,000 Accounts SQL Server Standard
Patriot Enterprise 10,000 - 100,000 Accounts SQL Server Standard / Enterprise (Enterprise is generally not required)
Patriot Enterprise 100,000+ Accounts SQL Server Standard / Enterprise


Typical Hardware Specifications


Signal Concurrency module is recommended over 25,0000 accounts



Patriot Workstation Client computer – all Monitoring Stations



ProcessorIntel Pentium or AMD. Multi Core Recommended
RAM8GB Minimum
Hard DiskSATA/SSD 80GB or greater
Network AdapterFast Ethernet 100 MBPS (Gigabit recommended)
Video AdapterMinimum Screen Resolution 1600 x 900. 16x9 Display
Operating SystemWindows 10 Professional 32/64 Bit



Patriot Server computers (no SQL installed) - all monitoring stations



ProcessorIntel Pentium or AMD. Multi Core Recommended.
RAM8GB Minimum
Hard DiskSATA/SSD 80GB or greater
Network AdapterFast Ethernet 100 MBPS (Gigabit recommended)
Video AdapterMinimum Screen Resolution 1600 x 900. 16x9 Display
Operating SystemWindows 10 Professional 64 Bit (Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, or 2019 supported)
USBUSB 3.0 / USC-C



Patriot Server computer - Less than 2000 Clients



ProcessorIntel Pentium or AMD. Multi Core Recommended.
RAM8GB Minimum
Hard DiskSATA/SSD 160GB or greater
Network AdapterFast Ethernet 100 MBPS (Gigabit recommended)
Video AdapterMinimum Screen Resolution 1600 x 900. 16x9 Display
Operating SystemWindows 10 Professional 64 Bit (Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, or 2019 supported)
USBUSB 3.0 / USC-C



Patriot Server Computer – Up to 10,000 Clients



ProcessorIntel Xeon or AMD Equivalent. Multi Core.
RAM16GB Minimum
Hard DiskSATA/SSD/SAS See SQL Server system setup document for more details.
Network AdapterFast Ethernet 100 MBPS (Gigabit recommended)
Video AdapterMinimum Screen Resolution 1600 x 900. 16x9 Display
Operating SystemWindows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, or 2019 64 Bit
USBUSB 3.0 / USC-C



Patriot Server Computer – Up to 100,000 Clients



ProcessorIntel Xeon or AMD Equivalent. Multi Core 4 core minimum.
RAM32GB Minimum
Hard DiskSATA/SSD/SAS See SQL Server system setup document for more details.
Network AdapterFast Ethernet 100 MBPS (Gigabit recommended)
Video AdapterMinimum Screen Resolution 1600 x 900. 16x9 Display
Operating SystemWindows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, or 2019 64 Bit
USBUSB 3.0 / USC-C



Patriot Server Computer – 100,000+ Clients



ProcessorIntel Xeon or AMD Equivalent. Multi Core 4 core minimum.
RAM64GB Minimum
Hard DiskSATA/SSD/SAS See SQL Server system setup document for more details. 500gb+
Network AdapterFast Ethernet 100 MBPS (Gigabit recommended)
Video AdapterMinimum Screen Resolution 1600 x 900. 16x9 Display
Operating SystemWindows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, or 2019 64 Bit
USBUSB 3.0 / USC-C



Typical Hardware Specifications for SQL standalone servers



SQL Server Stand Alone – Up to 100,000 Clients



ProcessorOne or more Intel Xeon or AMD Equivalent. Multi Core.
RAM32GB Minimum
Hard DiskSATA/SSD/SAS See SQL Server system setup document for more details.
Network AdapterFast Ethernet 1 - 10GB (Seperate 10Gigabit recommend for iSCSI)
Video AdapterMinimum Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050. 16x9 Display
Operating SystemWindows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, or 2019 64 Bit
USBUSB 3.0 / USC-C
USBSAN storage with seperate iSCSI 10GB network



SQL Server Stand Alone – Over 100,000 Clients



ProcessorOne or more Intel Xeon or AMD Equivalent. Multi Core.
RAM128GB Minimum
Hard DiskSATA/SSD/SAS See SQL Server system setup document for more details.
Network AdapterFast Ethernet 1 - 10GB (Seperate 10Gigabit recommend for iSCSI) Fibre channel network adapter
Video AdapterMinimum Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050. 16x9 Display
Operating SystemWindows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, or 2019 64 Bit
USBUSB 3.0 / USC-C
USBSAN storage with fibre channel (FC)



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