System Requirements

Getting Prevail to work for you.

The minimum requirements are the bare minimum specifications we advise clients or potential clients to have to run Prevail. Again, depending on your particular speed preferences, these requirements may not produce the most sufficient working environment for you. The recommended requirements are what we recommend as proficient for running Prevail. If the performance under any of these conditions is not to your liking, consider upgrading your hardware.

Prevail 6 System Requirements

This table shows the minimum and recommended specifications for server and workstations on which you plan to install Prevail.

Server Minimum Specification Server Recommended Specification
Windows 2000/2003/XP/ 2008/Vista, Windows 7, Novell 4.xx
  • Pentium 4 or higher
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 80 GB hard disk
  • TCP/IP ONLY
  • 100Mbit NIC
Windows 2000/2003/NT/XP Pro(w/SP1)/2008/Vista, Windows 7, Novell
(Virtual Server is not recommended for Prevail)
  • 2 GHz or higher
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 500 GB hard disk
  • TCP/IP ONLY
  • 1GB NIC
Workstation Minimum Specification Workstation Recommended Specification
Windows XP(Pro/Home)/2000/2003/Vista, Windows 7
  • Pentium III 500MHz
  • 1 GB RAM
  • Application must run in at least 16 bit "High Color" mode
  • 1 GB free
  • 100 Mbit NIC with TCP/IP ONLY or Wireless G
  • 100Mbit NIC
  • Microsoft Word 2000/XP or Corel WordPerfect 9/10
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/64 bit Vista/2008/64 bit 2008, Windows 7
  • Pentium III 1GHz or better
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 32 bit "Highest Quality" color mode
  • 1 GB free
  • 100MBit NIC with TCP/IP ONLY/Wireless N
  • 100Mbit NIC
  • Microsoft Word 2000/XP/2003/2007 or
    Corel WordPerfect 10/12/X3/X4
Requirements For Document Creation Requirements for Email Integration
Document Merge Requires:
  • Corel Word Perfect Version 10x or Higher
  • Microsoft Word 2003 or later.
In order to integrate Emails with Prevail you will need one of the following:
  • Microsoft Outlook 2003
  • Microsoft Outlook 2007
  • Microsoft Outlook 2010

* In order to be able to scan directly into Prevail, you will need a scanner that is TWAIN compatible with the appropriate drivers installed. Please contact your Network Administrator for assistance to confirm compatibility.

** For remote access to Prevail we recommend using a Terminal Server connection or logmein Free. Due to network latency issues a VPN connection is not acceptable for providing an adequate remote access solution.

*** Because of variable bandwidth constraints, we discourage wireless connections. If a wireless network is necessary, we recommend Wireless N (IEEE 802.11n).

****Adobe Acrobat Reader is recommended to review documentation and help files within Prevail. Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional or Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard or Professional is required if you wish to generate PDF documents with the Prevail merge engine.

*****The Advantage Database Server will be a mandatory requirement in a LAN multi-user environment to ensure optimum performance of the Prevail Case Management software, please contact us for additional information.

******Terminal Server specifications need to meet the minimum workstation requirements.