System Requirements

The following are the minimum system requirements for the Access Connect File & Print Server on Windows Server and Windows Workstation platforms and for connecting from Macintosh Clients. For optimal results, your Windows Server machine should be running the latest service pack from Microsoft®. Adding additional RAM to your server machine will greatly enhance Access Connect performance.  The recommended system requirements for a particular implementation or application can vary so please contact us at http://www.acronis.com/en-us/contactsupportgl.html if you have questions or need assistance.

Operating System Requirements:

Windows Server Platforms:

Note: GroupLogic Appletalk is not supported on Windows Server 2012 and above.

• 2016 Standard & Datacenter
• 2012 R2 Standard & Datacenter & Essentials
• 2012 Standard & Datacenter & Essentials
• 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
• 2008 Service Pack 2
• 2003 Service Pack 2 & 2003 R2 Service Pack 2
• 2011 Small Business Server Standard Update Rollup 3

  Note: We do not support Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials!

• Windows Storage Server 2012 R2
• Windows Storage Server 2012
• Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
• Windows Storage Server 2008 Service Pack 2
• Windows Storage Server 2003 Service Pack 2 & R2 Service Pack 2
• Windows Powered NAS

Windows Workstation Platforms:

• Windows 8
• Windows 7 Service Pack 1
• Vista (all editions) Service Pack 2
• XP Professional Service Pack 3
• XP Embedded

Macintosh Clients:

Mac OS X: Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later. 

Note: Access Connect supports the latest Macintosh client technologies, including Bonjour®, the Service Location Protocol (SLP), Kerberos®, and Apple’s built-in encrypted logon support for long passwords.

Note: Print Accounting requires Mac OS X 10.3. Print Accounting is not compatible with applications running in 64-bit mode on Mac OS X 10.6 or later.

Note: Acronis' Zidget software requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

Note: Access Connect's DFS and Network Spotlight support require Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

Hardware Requirements:

Minimal configuration

• Local shares - Pentium IV with 1 GB of RAM (suitable for small deployments with few clients)
• Network Reshare - Core2 class CPU with 2 or more cores, 4 GB of RAM, single Gigabit Ethernet NIC (suitable for small deployments with few clients)

Recommended configuration

• Local shares - Core class CPU with 2 or more cores, 4 GB of RAM
• Network Reshare - Core 'i' class CPU with 4 or more cores, 8 GB of RAM, dual non-bonded Gigabit Ethernet NICs

Note: You may need substantially more depending on the number of volumes and users and other applications running on the server.