What hardware is recommended for Scala Designer or Player?
Download Designer and Player Recommendations
New Pre-Configured Scala 5 Players, and Designer / Player / Content Manager 5 Combos available:
Server hardware recommendations vary by the size of your network and by the amount and frequency of content that you intend to transfer. For detailed recommendations, please download this PDF. Recommendations are just that, recommended. You may find other configurations that are more suited to your network or budget.
New Pre-Configured Scala 5 Players, and Designer / Player / Content Manager 5 Combos available:
[USB-Restore Keys available unless indicated; DVD-Restore-Discs only for the D/P/CM5-Combos]
Dedicated Players:
AOpen DE7000
SQS
PentiumDualCore/Core2Duo/NVIDIA GeForce9300IGP 1440x900; with appropriate CPU can handle high bit rate videos
Limited
English/French/Dutch/German/Hebrew/Italian/Spanish/Polish/Russian/Noregian/Brazilian/Japense/Chinese/Korean/Turkish.
MUI support. [No IME for Asian Lang]
WES2009
AOpen DE67
Intel "Sandy-Bridge" Core-3/-i5
1920x1080; [no long term stable 90-degree rotation "portrait mode"...needs nightly reboots]
Limited
English/French/Dutch/German/Hebrew/Italian/Spanish/Polish/Russian/Noregian/Brazilian/Japense/Chinese/Korean/Turkish
MUI support.
WES2009
PEGATRON AMIS-ION2-D525
Current Intel Atom/NV-ION2 platform
1366x768; MPEG-2 is the best video format; H.264/WMV9 only low bit rate
videos
Limited
English/French/German/Hebrew/Italian/Spanish/Polish/Russian/Noregian/Brazilian/Japense/Chinese/Korean/Turkish
MUI support.
WES2009
DELL Precision T1600
DELL entry-level Workstation system--Intel "Soft-RAID"; High-Eng ATi or
NVIDIA graphics. Only 2Ch-Audio.
2x1920x1080; with appropriate CPU can handle 20Mbps H.264.
Limited
English/French/Dutch/German/Hebrew/Italian/Spanish/Polish/Russian/Noregian/Brazilian/Japense/Chinese/Korean/Turkish
MUI support.
WES2009
Giada X4 D525
Current Intel Atom/NV-ION2 platform with 4X vs. 1x PCIe GPU connection.
1440x900; MPEG-2 is the best video format; H.264/WMV9 only low bit rate
videos
Limited
English/French/Dutch/German/Hebrew/Italian/Spanish/Polish/Russian/Noregian/Brazilian/Japense/Chinese/Korean/Turkish
MUI support.
WES2009
Jetway JBC600C99352W-BW
Current Intel Atom/NV-ION2 platform
1366x768; MPEG-2 is the best video format; H.264/WMV9 only low bit rate
videos
Limited
English/French/Dutch/German/Hebrew/Italian/Spanish/Polish/Russian/Noregian/Brazilian/Japense/Chinese/Korean/Turkish
MUI support.
WES2009
ASUS P8H61-I
Mini-ITX
Intel "Sandy-Bridge" Core-3/-i5
1920x1080, (2x1920x1080 with Low-Profile NVIDIA or ATi graphics); [no long term stable 90-degree rotation "portrait mode" with IGX...needs nightly reboots]
EMB-XPP; WES2009 coming next week.
Limited
English/French/Dutch/German/Hebrew/Italian/Spanish/Polish/Russian/Noregian/Brazilian/Japense/Chinese/Korean/Turkish
MUI support. [YES IME for Asian Lang]
HP Compaq Elite 8200 USDT
SQS
Intel "Sandy-Bridge" Core-3/-i5
1920x1080; [no long term stable 90-degree rotation "portrait mode"...needs nightly reboots]
WES2009.
Combo-Designer,Player, Content Manager 5:
P8H67-M-LE
uATX
Intel "Sandy-Bridge" Core-3/-i5
1920x1080, (2x1920x1080 with NVIDIA or ATi graphics); [no stable
90-degree rotation "portrait mode" with IGX]
--Intel "Soft-RAID" (max. 4xHDD in RAID-1+0); High-Eng ATi or NVIDIA
graphics for up to 4x1920x1080 or 6x1680x1050 with Matrox GXM.
Limited
English/French/German/Hebrew/Italian/Spanish/Polish/Russian/Noregian/Brazilian/Japense/Chinese/Korean/Turkish
MUI support. [YES IME for Asian Lang]
Embedded- Windows XPP.
P8P67-LE
Intel "Sandy-Bridge" Core-3/-i5
1920x1080, (2x1920x1080 with NVIDIA or ATi graphics); [no stable
90-degree rotation "portrait mode" with IGX]
--Intel "Soft-RAID" (max. 6xHDD in RAID-1+0); High-Eng ATi or NVIDIA
graphics for up to 4x1920x1080 or 6x1680x1050 with Matrox GXM.
Limited
English/French/German/Hebrew/Italian/Spanish/Polish/Russian/Noregian/Brazilian/Japense/Chinese/Korean/Turkish
MUI support. [YES IME for Asian Lang]
Embedded- Windows XPP.
Coming soon:
iBASE SI18
SQS
AMD APU E-350--MPEG-2/H.264/WMV9--only low bit rate videos
WES2009.
Panasonic "Sandy-Bridge" Plug-in
Samsung Plug-in Digital Media Engine:
1440x900; AMD AthlonII CPU. with appropriate CPU can handle high bit
rate videos
WES2009.
Dedicated Content Manager 5:
ASUS P8P67-LE
--Intel "Soft-RAID" (max. 6xHDD in RAID-1+0); High-Eng ATi or NVIDIA
graphics for up to 4x1920x1080 or 6x1680x1050 with Matrox GXM.
OEM Windows Web Server 2008R2.
Regards,
Scala Technical Support
