The selection of scalable and reliable hardware for any hospital is of utmost importance. The following configuration are recommended to run the Hospital Information System suite (H.I.S)

Server (IBM/ACER/HP/DELL) - Dual core

Xeon dual core or above
4 / 8 GB RAM
2 x 80 GB SATA hard drives with mirroring OR RAID 5
Gigabyte ethernet
Windows 2008 server OR Linux
Firebird relational database version 2.x
Anti virus subscription

Workstations

Intel Celeron 2 Ghz above
512 MB RAM
100 Mbps Fast ethernet
4 MB display RAM
Color monitor supporting 768 x 1024 resolution
Windows XP home edition
80 GB SATA hard disk drive

OR

Linux thin client terminals

Accessories

Cat 6 or e-Cat structured cabling
Managed switch

Peripherals

24x CD writer / External hard disk
A4 Laser printer
24 Wire dot matrix printer
Barcode printer
Barcode scanner
A4 desktop scanner
Epson POS printer
RFID scanner
256 kbps broadband connectivity