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PEBKAC
August 18, 2021
Question

Hardware for best performance

  • August 18, 2021
  • 1 reply
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Hello.

 

Our business is looking to upgrade our Terminal Server, which is mostly just used for QuickBooks (desktop version). We want to spec it out for the best QB performance.

 

What does QB benefit from the most: CPU clock speed, CPU cache, RAM capacity, RAM speeds, RAM CAS latencies, disk read/write speeds, or maybe something else?

 

The company file will be hosted in this terminal server's disk so it won't have to use the network to read/write to/from it. Our budget for this upgrade is a decent size and our accountants have some performance frustrations with QB in our current server so I wanted to get some suggestions from you guys as to what to look for when building a server that'll be dedicated for QB desktop usage.

 

Thank you.

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AlexV
AlexV
Level 10
August 18, 2021

Hi PEBKAC!

 

Thanks for reaching out to us. Let me assist you with the server computer.

 

Each version of QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) has different system requirements. As long as the server computer meets or exceeds the QBDT's requirements, everything should be fine. The higher the specs, such as RAM, Disk space, Processor, etc., the better.

 

I've added some links you can check. These will show what your computer needs for the best experience depending on the version of QuickBooks Desktop:

 

Let me also share this article: Back up your QuickBooks Desktop company file. This will show how to back up your company file and use it to restore your data.

 

I'll be here if you need more help. Take care always!

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PEBKACAuthor
August 18, 2021

Thank you!

 

The server will indeed exceed the system requirements so thank you for that response. However, I guess what I'm asking is more in terms of: what component should I focus on (eg: dedicate more of the budget to) to maximize the performance of QB desktop 2021?

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    LeizylMQuickBooks Team
    QuickBooks Team
    August 18, 2021

    Thank you for getting back to us here on the Community page, PEBKAC. 

     

    Allow me to step in for a moment and provide additional insight into the best hardware type that you can use in QuickBooks Desktop.

     

    It's important to know hardware and operating system requirements before installing Quickbooks Desktop. This is to ensure that QuickBooks is compatible with your setup. It also helps to avoid any possible issues in the future.

     

    For the best performance, we recommend storing your QuickBooks data file on a solid-state drive (SSD). Also, for additional requirements for Intuit Data Protect in QuickBooks Connected Services offerings. Requires a minimum of 4.0GB of RAM. Twice the size of the largest file set to back up + 100MB or twice the size to restore. The space required from the work folder LocalApplicationData+" Intuit\Intuit Data Protect".

     

    For more details, check out the system requirements that my colleague shared above. 

     

    Keep me posted if you have any follow-up questions about the hard drive type that you can use in QuickBooks. I'll be around if you need help. Wishing you the best. 

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