MusicMaster CS Specifications

MusicMaster CS can be installed in several different configurations, depending on the needs of your organisation and the number of stations and users that you will need to support. The various installation scenarios are covered in detail in the MusicMaster CS Installation Guide. Please note that all installations of MusicMaster CS store data in a Microsoft SQL Server database. If you do not already have a SQL Server installation available, you will need to provide one. Due to built-in limitations that can negatively affect performance, we do not recommend the use of SQL Server Express edition, except for very small single-user installations with no more than a few stations and a small music library or for evaluation. Please consider SQL Server Standard Edition or better for actual multi-user production environments.

MusicMaster CS Installation Scenarios:

The actual hardware and software requirements for the MusicMaster CS Server are quite minimal. However, server performance is directly related to the performance of SQL Server and the size of your MusicMaster CS Enterprise database. The number stations you schedule, songs you have in your overall Enterprise library and number of users that will be operating in the system at once are all factors that help determine the actual hardware resources you will want to provide. MusicMaster CS has been designed to take advantage of all available hardware resources, so feel free to exceed our recommendations to maximise system performance. Here are some general guidelines that help determine the size of your installation.

Small Enterprise

A small enterprise installation would have no more than 8-10 stations to schedule, no more than a few thousand total songs and no more than 3-5 users working in the system at any given time. A single station and single user with a much larger song library would also be considered a small enterprise.

Medium Enterprise

A medium enterprise installation would have no more than 100 stations to schedule, up to 25,000-50,000 songs, and up to 25 users working in the system at once. Again, if your library is larger than this, but your station count is much less than 100 or you have very few simultaneous users, you could still consider yours to be a medium size enterprise.

Large Enterprise

If you are scheduling more than 100 stations, have more than 250,000 songs or have more than 50 simultaneous users, you would be considered a large enterprise installation. In this case, we would urge you to contact MusicMaster support so we can work with you to determine the best installation strategy for your situation.

Stand-Alone Installation

It is possible to install the MusicMaster CS Server, Microsoft SQL Server and the MusicMaster CS client all on a single computer. We would only recommend this for product evaluation or for a very small installation where only a single user will be scheduling a few stations with a relatively small music library.

MusicMaster CS System Requirements

Once again, these are minimum requirements and recommendations based on the size of your installation. We encourage you to exceed these recommendations to maximise system performance.