You can deploy PLA 3.0 in a variety of scenarios, depending on your system environment and business model. Commonly used scenarios include:
The requirements your system has to meet depend on the deployment scenario.
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The local system on which you want to deploy PLA 3.0.5 has to meet the system requirements listed below
| Item | Minimum | Recommended |
| Operating system | Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 2012, 2016, 2019 | |
| Processor | Single-core, 2 GHz | Quad-core, 2,4 GHz, or faster |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Hard disk* | 1 GB | 2 GB of available space, or more |
| Graphics display | 1280x1024 | 1920x1080 |
| Minimum color depth | 16 Bit | 16 Bit |
| Storage space per database | About 100MB | About 100MB |
| Storage space per assay | About 1 MB including audit trail, depending on the complexity and the number of changes | |
* If you want to install additional modules, additional space is required.
The Microsoft SQL database server on which you want to deploy PLA 3.0.5 has to meet the system requirements listed below.
| Item | Minimum | Recommended |
| Version | Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 | |
| Processor 1) | Single-core, 2 GHz | Quad-core, 2,4 GHz, or faster |
| Memory 1) | 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Hard disk 2) | 500 MB of available space | 1 GB of available space, or more |
| Storage space per database | About 100 MB | About 100 MB |
| Storage space per assay | About 1 MB including audit trail, depending on the complexity and the number of changes | |
1) Based on Microsoft recommendations.
2) If you want to install additional modules, additional space is required
The terminal server on which you want to deploy PLA 3.0.5 has to meet the system requirements listed below.
| Item | Minimum | Recommended |
| Operating system | Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 | |