- I wouldn't use Windows XP or 2000 or 2003 or Vista, unless you want to use a really old PC for this purpose that currently has one of those OS'es and can't be upgraded. But then it's doubtful if you can get drivers for the ID-card scanner, and then although such an old PC is cheap (0 - 50 USD) it won't be of much use.
- The 10 GB free disk space is fine, if you keep this machine stand-alone, isolated and not in a network. In that case there's no need to ever use Windows update on it. If you foresee that it will be linked to your network, I'd reserve an extra 30 GB for future Windows updates.
- 1 GB of RAM isn't much, and certainly you can''t get a new PC that has so few RAM. Why not the usual 4 GB for a new PC?
Kees
Hello,
Do you think the following requirements are adequate and not too high for the software used for a single access point (pedestrian turnstile):
- Microsoft Windows XP/2000 Prof./2003/Vista/7 operating system
- 1 GB RAM
- 10 GB free disk space
- Celeron 2.5 or higher
- LAN Ethernet 10 Mbps
The software functions are:
- employees data entering
- registering swipe proximity ID-cards
- managing access rights (permit/deny)
- creating and managing access options
- viewing events list for a certain employee for a certain time period
- adjusting access control system hardware
- events recording in access control system data base with the ability of data export to a file (e.g. Excel)
- setting parameters of security and fire alarms circuits and grouping circuits into areas
- arming/disarming of security and fire alarms circuits

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