specifications for a contractor to install the latest P6

I work in a large corporate environment.  We have held off installing the latest p6 version because IT guys are generally not familiar with the software and i am not knowledge on the MS/SQL etc environment.  We currently have the Enterprise/Web version but mainly use the P6 Professional environment.  We only use the Web environment to set up the EPS - that is it.  I need to spec what we want, - any advise and is there any advantages to using the cloud version, logging in from home would be the only advantage I can think of.  My current computer is serving as the server, the IT department said they want to put in on a dedicated server machine - any advice regarding that as well?

Oracle Primavera - PM6
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Zoltan Palffy 👤 Member for 16 years 10 months
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you have several options

option #1 host the software on a server service such as load springs

advantage

  • no cost for purchasing server and maintenace is by service company
  • can log into server anywhere

disadvantage

  • no control of software
  •  crashes and possible slow performance
  • possible security issues with data

option#2 get the dedicated server your company is talking about

advantages

  • your IT deptartment  has control over software and hardware for upgrades and maintenance
  • if you set it up correctly you can still remote into the server
  • software is not on your hard drive which makes your computer faster
  • less security issues with data it stays in house

 disadvantages

  • cost of purchasing server
  • cost to maintian server and trouble shoot issues
  • uses valuable IT resources

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