Hardware requirements

[HenryS]

Dear LSI,

While waiting for a new SF release, which will resolve The Problem, could you help me with advice, which may be interesting for other people:

I plan to build a DEDICATED PC for SF HDR. I am ready to make it as power as it needs for SF, but I don't want to OVERpower it.

The major criteria is the speed.

Would you advice, basing on program internals, what PC hardware could SF benefit from. Particullary:

- P4 processor vs Xeon vs 2 Xeons
- SCSI vs ATA
- How many disk drives would be ideal for SF? What files should be separated?
- What amount of (free - after OS has taken it's part ) memory is reasonable?
etc., etc...

Thank you in advance
Henry

[LSI_Leschke]

How large are your HDR files, and how many of them are you going to process (per day/session)?

[HenryS]

Sorry for delay, I had no chance to check Forum these days.

My average file is 2-3 Megs JPEGs after compression. One JM session prepares 1 to 5 thousand images.