Required Computer Components for P6
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Ronald WinterMember for 23 years 9 months
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I think that I should warn potential P6 users that their computer may not be compatible to upgrading to Primavera’s newest offering. The upgrade from P5 to P6 also carries with it considerable minimum support requirements. I just spent the past 10 days finding out this information.
1) P6 does not run on computers using XP Home Edition. It was tested on XP Professional and it turns out that the new SQL 2005 Express requires IIS that is absent from the Home Edition. If you have XP Home Edition and want to upgrade to P6, you will first need to upgrade to XP Professional.
2) It is most likely that P6 will not run on computers using the AMD CPU chip. In particular, I know that SQL 2005 Express will not run on AMD K6 CPUs.
3) Primavera specifies as a minimum that you should have a Intel CPU running at 2.8 GHz. Intel Dual or Quad core CPUs do not help as SQL 2005 Express only looks for one CPU.
4) You will also need 1 GB of available RAM. Seeing how the operating system and other things will require ½ of a GB, then this means that you need 1.5 GB of RAM.
I eventually got P6 running on my brand new 2.1 GHz Vista with an Intel dual-core CPU, but it runs real slow in some spots. The problem really is not with Primavera’s product but with the Microsoft SQL 2005 Express that you have to install to support the databases. The Primavera Tech Support was supper (both smart and patient.) Without their Support Staff, I never would have made it.
1) P6 does not run on computers using XP Home Edition. It was tested on XP Professional and it turns out that the new SQL 2005 Express requires IIS that is absent from the Home Edition. If you have XP Home Edition and want to upgrade to P6, you will first need to upgrade to XP Professional.
2) It is most likely that P6 will not run on computers using the AMD CPU chip. In particular, I know that SQL 2005 Express will not run on AMD K6 CPUs.
3) Primavera specifies as a minimum that you should have a Intel CPU running at 2.8 GHz. Intel Dual or Quad core CPUs do not help as SQL 2005 Express only looks for one CPU.
4) You will also need 1 GB of available RAM. Seeing how the operating system and other things will require ½ of a GB, then this means that you need 1.5 GB of RAM.
I eventually got P6 running on my brand new 2.1 GHz Vista with an Intel dual-core CPU, but it runs real slow in some spots. The problem really is not with Primavera’s product but with the Microsoft SQL 2005 Express that you have to install to support the databases. The Primavera Tech Support was supper (both smart and patient.) Without their Support Staff, I never would have made it.
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Oldest first- 0Steven Wood ·You can run P6 on Windows XP Home by using MSDE/SQL 2000 instead of SQL 2005.
My P6 is running quite happily on a 3GHz Pentium 4 under Windows XP Home with 512Mb of RAM.
I upgraded my P5 to P6 using the new CD and upgraded my existing database which runs under MSDE.
I have had no problems. - 0Ronald Winter ·Primavera lists Windows 2000 Professional (with SP4) as a supported client platform but I don’t understand your question. If you have a dedicated server for P6, then you have a IT staff (or person) who gets paid to worry about that stuff. Upgrading the OS on a server is just part of the normal process of maintenance in situations like that. I am more concerned about the P6 users without a support staff who have to handle this monster on their own.
By the way, are you considering loading P6 on your laptop to take to meetings or home with you? You will be a stand-alone user then. Good lick! - 0
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