Hardware Recommendations
RAM | Minimum: 64 GB (32 GB DSM/True Ortho) |
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CPU | Recommended: Intel Xeon/i9/i7 or AMD Threadripper/Epyc |
GPU (optional) | Minimum: none |
Storage | Distributed Processing: Single Node Processing: |
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 or newer, Windows Server 2012 or newer, Debian Linux |
General Remarks
SURE will automatically benefit from additional RAM if available, due to processing in larger parts and less data transfer.
If your RAM significantly exceeds recommended RAM specifications, manually setting a larger tile size can increase performance. See also Performance Optimization for a table of recommended tile sizes.
Additional benefits can be expected for a fast communication between CPU and RAM.
Processing on graphics card can be beneficial for hardware setups with an average CPU.
Avoid the use of USB and network drives. These type of drives do not enable caching, which leads to a strong performance loss.
Please follow our best practices and always use distributed processing. Doing so, ensures the processing nodes stay within the 4TB storage recommendation, permitting the use of less expensive hardware. Also note Master nodes store all the input data and final results, thus they require larger storage capacity.
RAM Minimum Requirements
Image Resolution | Images | Min. RAM | Recommended RAM |
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Up to 60 MP | <1000 | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Up to 60 MP | >1000 | 32 GB | 64 GB |
Up to 60 MP | >5000 | 64 GB | 128 GB |
< 400 MP - DSM & True Ortho | <5000 | 32 GB | 64 GB |
Unlimited MP - All Products | <10000 | 64 GB | 128 GB |
Unlimited MP - All Products | <60000 | 128 GB | 128 GB |
Storage Hardware Examples
Node Storage | 4TB Disk space: Two 2TB SSDs connected via PCIe/M2/NVMe with 3500MB/s transfer speed in a RAID configuration (e.g. 2 x Samsung 970 EVO 2TB SSD) |
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Master Storage | RAID controller in RAID 0 (or RAID 5) with 6 or 8 SAS spinning drives:
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