Clients/Agents

Supported operating systems

The octoplant clients can be used on all Windows operating systems with a kernel version above 10.0. This corresponds to all versions from Windows 10 Update 21H2. We recommend not to use versions whose support has already been discontinued by Microsoft.

If you have older operating systems, there are several options which are available to you.

Hardware requirements

Hardware Minimum requirements Recommended
Processor:

Intel: Processor with NetBurst-, Core- or a later version of x86 micro architecture, mobile processors from Pentium M onwards

AMD: from Athlon 64, Opteron, Sempron with Paris process cores

Intel Core i3 9100
Memory: 4 GB 8 GB or more
Hard disk: 200 GB 500 GB or more
Graphics card: Super VGA, resolution 800 x 600 Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 or higher
Network card: 1 Gbit/s 1 Gbit/s
Ping time (server - client/agent) < 50ms < 20ms
Input devices: Keyboard and mouse Keyboard and mouse

Network connection requirements between a client/ agent and the end device

Minimum requirements: 10 MBit/s

Recommended: 100 MBit/s

When creating disk images (with the Image Service, Acronis or Drive Snapshot), it is not possible to make a general statement about the minimum requirements. It needs be possible to transfer the data to be backed up within a 4 hour period.

Related topics
Image Service
Acronis Backup
Drive Snapshot