Enterprise

# Synnax Enterprise requirements

> Operating systems, hardware, and network for the Synnax Core, the Console, and the Driver.

This page lists what the Synnax Core, the Synnax Console, and the standalone Synnax Driver need to run.

## Operating systems

|                    | Linux                | Windows    | macOS         |
| ------------------ | -------------------- | ---------- | ------------- |
| Core               | x86-64               | x86-64     | Apple silicon |
| Core in Docker     | `linux/amd64` image  | Docker     | Docker        |
| Console app        |                      | Windows 11 | macOS Sequoia |
| Console in browser |                      |            |               |
| Standalone Driver  | Yes, and NI Linux RT |            |               |

We test the Console app on Windows 11 and macOS Sequoia. Older versions can work, but we do not test them.

Each Core includes the Driver. On Linux, the Driver needs glibc 2.39 or later, which Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later have. On an older distribution, start the Core with `--no-driver` and run a [standalone Driver](https://docs.synnaxlabs.com/reference/enterprise/driver/install) on a supported computer.

The device integrations differ by operating system. To see which ones run where, see [supported integrations](https://docs.synnaxlabs.com/reference/hardware#supported-integrations).

## Core hardware

The hardware a Core needs depends on how many samples it writes each second.

### Calculate your workload

Multiply the number of channels in each group by its sample rate, then add the groups. For example:

* 10 high speed channels at 25 kHz -> 250k samples/s
* 100 medium speed channels at 100 Hz -> 10k samples/s
* 20 actuator state channels at 50 Hz -> 1k samples/s

The total is 250k + 10k + 1k = 261k samples/s.

### Minimum hardware for a workload

Use the next row up from your total. These are minimums.

| Throughput (samples/s) | CPU cores | Memory (GB) | Storage (GB) | Storage throughput (MB/s) |
| ---------------------- | --------- | ----------- | ------------ | ------------------------- |
| 250k                   | 4         | 8           | 100          | 120                       |
| 500k                   | 6         | 16          | 200          | 1000                      |
| 1M                     | 12        | 16          | 500          | 600                       |
| 2M                     | 16        | 32          | 1000         | 1200                      |
| 4M                     | 24        | 64          | 2000         | 2400                      |

For mission critical systems, provision at least twice the minimum. The extra room covers growth and bursts.

### Storage

Store data on an SSD (M.2, NVMe, or SATA). Channels at 10 kHz or more need one.

### CPU

Use at least four cores for production. Ingestion, streaming, control, and [calculated channels](https://docs.synnaxlabs.com/reference/channels/calculated) all use the CPU. Supported families are Intel and AMD x86-64 (Xeon, Core i7 or i9, EPYC, Ryzen) and Apple silicon.

### Memory

Use at least 8 GB of RAM for production.

## Console hardware

These requirements apply to the Console app, the Console in a browser, and Synnax Desktop.

|         | Minimum                                             | Recommended                                          |
| ------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| CPU     | Intel Core i5 (8th gen) / AMD Ryzen 5 (3000 series) | Intel Core i7 (10th gen) / AMD Ryzen 7 (4000 series) |
| RAM     | 8 GB                                                | 16 GB or more                                        |
| Storage | 2 GB available                                      | 4 GB available (SSD recommended)                     |
| GPU     | NVIDIA GTX 1030 / AMD RX 550                        | NVIDIA RTX 2060 / AMD RX 5600 XT                     |
| VRAM    | 2 GB                                                | 6 GB or more                                         |
| Display | 1920x1080                                           | 4K                                                   |

The Console draws plots and schematics on the GPU with WebGL 2. Integrated graphics (Intel Iris Xe, AMD Radeon Vega) work, but many high-rate channels, long time ranges, or large schematics slow them down.

### Browsers

The Console in a browser needs a current version of Chrome, Edge, or Firefox, or Safari 17 or later, with hardware acceleration turned on.

## Network

The Console, the client libraries, Drivers, and other Cores all reach a Core on one TCP port, 9090 by default. A Core with more than one [listener](https://docs.synnaxlabs.com/reference/enterprise/cli-reference#multiple-listeners) uses one port for each listener. A standalone Driver opens no ports. It connects to the Core.

A Core listens on its port on every network interface of the computer, whatever host `--listen` names. To limit a listener to the computer itself, set `loopback` on it in the [configuration file](https://docs.synnaxlabs.com/reference/enterprise/cli-reference#configuration-files), or block the port with a firewall.

To estimate bandwidth, add the write rate to the read rate of each Console or script that streams data, then multiply by 16 bytes for each sample. For example, a Core that writes 261k samples/s and streams all of them to three Consoles moves about 261k × 4 × 16 bytes, or 17 MB/s.

> Never send control commands over the public internet. Run control systems on an isolated network.

For production control systems:

* **Isolate the network** -> Put the Core on a network that is separate from the corporate network.
* **Segment traffic** -> Use VLANs or separate networks for control and data acquisition.
* **Filter access** -> Use a firewall that lets only known computers reach the Core port.
* **Secure remote access** -> Use a VPN with multi-factor authentication.