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System Requirements for Practice Labs
System Requirements for Practice Labs
Kernessa Woodbury avatar
Written by Kernessa Woodbury
Updated over a week ago

Recommended Hardware

  • Screen dimensions: 1920px x 1080px or higher (full HD or higher)

  • Processor speed: 2Ghz / multi-core

  • Broadband / Internet access requirements: 5mb download, 1mb upload (per user)

Minimum Requirements for Hardware

  • Screen dimensions: 1280px x 1024px

  • Processor speed: 1.5Ghz

  • Broadband / Internet access requirements: 2mb download, 256kbps upload (per user)

Note: Please ensure that the native scaling of your operating system is set to 100% zoom.

Operating System

  • Microsoft Windows 8.1/10/11

  • Linux Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, Ubuntu

  • Apple Mac OS X 10.8+

  • ChromeOS

Browser Requirements

Browser

HTML5

Internet Explorer 11+

Supported until June 2022

Firefox 52+

Supported

Chrome 29+

Supported

Edge 13+

Supported

Apple Safari 9.1+

Supported

Opera 102.04+ and later

Supported

Networking

  • HTTPS Access (Port 443)

Bandwidth Requirements

Download

User Count

Bandwidth

1

2 MB

10

5 MB

25

12.5 MB

50

25 MB

100

50 MB

Upload

User Count

Bandwidth

1

0.25 MB

10

2.5 MB

25

6.25 MB

50

12.5 MB

100

25 MB

Bandwidth Usage Calculator

The following information has been compiled to assist those who potentially have the need to understand the overall bandwidth consumption in using the Labs for example on metered connections.

This information is a guide only and user desktop configurations and personalized settings can dramatically affect the data references above.

Test Scenario (High usage):

  • 5 minute test window

  • Lab device client set at 1024x768 resolution

  • Operating at high user interactivity

  • Bandwidth send and receive recorded using AppNetworkCounter v1.40 from www.nirsoft.net"

Scenario

High (measured)

Medium (inferred)

Low (inferred)

Testing Application

chrome.exe

Product Name

Google Chrome

Product Version

86.0.4240.75

Received Bytes

19,107,097

9,553,549

4,776,774

Sent Bytes

232,017

116,009

58,004

Note: The data in the High column represents actual output from the AppNetworkCounter application. Medium and Low values are calculated values.

Consumption calculator (Inferred)

Uploaded (MB)

Downloaded (MB)

1 user for 1 hour

High usage

2.66

218.66

Medium to High usage

1.99

164.00

Medium usage

1.33

109.33

Low to Medium usage

1.00

82.00

Low usage

0.66

54.67

10 users for 1 hour

High usage

26.55

2,186.63

Medium to High usage

19.91

1,639.98

Medium usage

13.28

1,093.32

Low to Medium usage

9.96

819.99

Low usage

6.64

546.66

30 users for 5 hours

High usage

398.28

32,799.51

Medium to High usage

298.71

24,599.63

Medium usage

199.14

16,399.75

Low to Medium usage

149.36

12,299.81

Low usage

99.57

8,199.88

Latency Requirements

Recommended latency to Practice Labs website < 300ms. Latency above 300ms will have an impact on the Lab device interaction experience. See Connecting to our Devices for more information.

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