Minimum machine specifications

The following are the currently agreed minimum specifications for hosts that the group maintains or provides advice on the procurement of. To ease support, the minimum number of groups of hardware possible were chosen.

Equipment specific PCs and setup machines

e.g. NDXWish_Setup, NDHHIFI-CRYOMAG These have been grouped together as their requirements are broadly similar and having the same spec makes support easier.

  • small form factor

  • 64 GB (2 x32GB)

  • dual 1 TB SSD TLC in a RAID configuration

NDC hosts

These are intended to be able to host a client and run remote desktop/VNC connections. A lower spec has been chosen than other hosts (rather than simplifying support by having one spec) in order to keep the price down for science groups and encourage them to purchase these over their own choice of boxes.

  • small form factor

  • 32GB (1x32GB) Memory

  • single 512 GB SSD

NDH hosts

Still to be agreed, the above spec for equipment support PCs likely represents a floor for this specification, but a higher spec may be required.

Notes

These were last agreed at a series of meetings in the summer of 2025.