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# What are the system requirements for PaperCut MF? (FAQs)

## PaperCut Application Server system requirements

#### Operating System

- Microsoft Windows (64-bit)
- Apple OS X 10.12 (Sierra) or higher
- Windows Server 2019 / 2016 / 2012 / 2012 R2
  
  *Note: Core, server, advanced server, enterprise edition, 64-bit edition, workstation, professional versions all supported. If using Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2, make sure the Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra feature of Windows Server is installed.*
- Microsoft Clustering Services supported at all application layers
- Most modern Linux (64-bit) distributions including Red Hat 6.0+, Novell SUSE 11.0+, Debian 6.0+, and others (requires GNU glibc 2.11 or higher)

#### Memory

- 2GB minimum supported (4GB or higher recommended)
  
  Most modern print servers should have a base of 4GB of memory. Note that PaperCut NG/MF will only use 1/4 of the available memory by default, so plan to have 4GB of memory minimum to allow PaperCut NG/MF to use up to 1GB, or by Increasing the memory available to PaperCut.

#### Hard Disk

- 3GB, plus additional storage for logs and print history. When using Print Archiving (off by default), a minimum of 100GB of free disk space is recommended.
  
  Most modern print servers should have a base of 60GB to 500GB of storage available.

#### Port Requirements

- Use this [guide](https://help.bestofbreed.eu/firewall-ports-is-used-by-papercut?hsLang=en) to determine how you should configure your firewall.

#### Database Servers (optional)

- Self managing internal database: suitable for up to 5,000 users\*
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012 / 2014 / 2016 / 2017 or later (64-bit)
- Microsoft SQL Express 2012 / 2014 / 2016 / 2017 or later (free from Microsoft)
- PostgreSQL 8.2 or higher
- MySQL 5.5 or higher
- Oracle 12 or higher

*\*It's highly recommended to move to an external database when you reach 500,000 or more records (e.g. over 500,000 print logs as seen on the About Tab under the 'Database Size Statistics' section).*

#### Clustering Environments (optional)

- Microsoft Failover Cluster Manager
- Microsoft Cluster Server
- VMware High Availability Cluster
- Linux HA
- Novell Cluster Services

 

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