System Requirements

These suggested system requirements are for any agency running MERL standalone (client & database on one PC).

Operating system

Minimum: Windows10

Recommended: Windows 11

CPU

Minimum: 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)

Recommended: 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon 64 X2

RAM

Minimum: 1GB

Recommended: 2GB+

Hard drive

30MB per-installation; under 1GB per-database

Graphics

Minimum: 1024 x 768

Recommended: 1600x1200 w/ 32 bit color mode

SQL Server

MERL requires the use of SQL Server or SQL Server Express to build a database.

Even if your agency has a licensed version of SQL Server, we recommend using our packaged instance of SQL Server Express.

Minimum: SQL Server/SQL Server Express 2014*

* Microsoft announced they will be ending extended support of SQL Server 2014 in July, 2024. CTT will stop support of SQL Server 2014 in December, 2024.

Recommended: SQL/SQL Server Express 2022

Supported: SQL/SQL Server Express versions *2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, & 2022