The EKM Insight Monitoring Server can be installed on most typical Windows PC/Server/VM platforms.
However for live service operation with more than 250 devices we would recommend a server operating system as this will provide a more reliable service. As the system does continuous quality of service monitoring, we further recommend that the server is operating continuously and is not switched off.
It is not recommended to use laptops if at all possible due to the transient nature of these devices.
The minimum hardware specification for the EKM Insight Monitoring application is as follows:
| Fleet Size | Hardware / OS / DB |
| <500 devices or PoC/Trial | Dual Core ‘Desktop’ CPU 4 GB RAM 100 GB 7200 RPM SATA Gigabit Ethernet Windows 10 / Windows Server 2008/2016 (or above) |
| <5000 devices | Dual Core ‘Server’ 2GHz CPU 4 GB RAM 250 GB 10000 RPM SATA Gigabit Ethernet Windows Server 2008/2016 (or above) |
| >5,000 | Customer specific evaluation recommended |
Virtual Machines
Deploying on virtual machines is fully supported. EKM Insight is a real-time monitoring application however and this must be taken into account.
The EKM Insight Monitoring Server use very little system resources but do require constant access to the LAN card to perform monitoring of the fleet, VMs needs to be configured to support this method of operation in order to optimize performance.