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alias: system-requirements-index
description: "This document outlines system requirements for deploying and configuring Critical Manufacturing MES"
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# System Requirements

Critical Manufacturing MES is a high availability Manufacturing Execution System optimized for transaction throughput with critical system requirements. For an overview of the system and its main components please refer to the [[installation-guide-systemarchitecture]] section.

The purpose of this document is to provide the user with the system requirements and different configuration options for running Critical Manufacturing MES in different environments.

Below, follows a segmented view of the necessary information to prepare beforehand for a future acquisition and installation of this software.

## Target Audience

System Requirements defines the technical prerequisites and supported configurations for running Critical Manufacturing MES across deployment targets, storage, application backend, automation components, client devices, and additional requirements. This section is primarily intended for:

- System administrators
- Infrastructure architects
- Cloud and platform engineers
- IT procurement specialists
- Pre-sales or solution engineers sizing deployments

## Guide Contents

This document is organized into the following sections:

- Deployment

    - [[system-requirements-deploymenttargets|Available Deployment Targets]]

- Data Storage

    - [Overview](./persistency-layer/index.md)
    - [SQL Server](./persistency-layer/database-component/index.md)
    - [ClickHouse](./persistency-layer/external-components/clickhouse-data-platform.md)
    - [Kafka](./persistency-layer/external-components/kafka.md)
    - [RabbitMQ](./persistency-layer/external-components/rabbit-mq.md)
    - [AWS S3 (or compatible)](./persistency-layer/external-components/s3.md)

- Application Backend

    - [[system-requirements-application-layer-index|Overview]]
    - [[system-requirements-application-layer-applicationlayercontainers|Containers Stack Requirements]]
    - [[system-requirements-application-layer-applicationlayeroptional|Optional Components Requirements]]

- Automation Components

    - [[system-requirements-connectrequirements]]

- Clients

    - [[system-requirements-clientdevices|GUI Client Devices Requirements]]

- Additional Requirements

    - [[system-requirements-otherrequirements]]

!!! warning
    The exact hardware requirements depend on the specific customer scenarios and environment.

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