Supported OS Drive Types

The Nx Witness Server & Desktop applications install and utilize services on the operating system drive of any computer running the application. As such, it is of paramount importance that users install Nx Witness Server & Desktop apps on stable operating system drive hardware.

The following drive types* are supported by Nx:

Windows OS
In Windows Nx Witness requires at OS drive to have a capacity of at least 64GB.

• HDD (* no support for "Archive" series drives)
• SSD (* no support for PCIe or USB DOMs)
• mSATA
• NVMe

Linux OS
In Linux Nx Witness requires at OS drive to have a capacity of at least 16GB.

• HDD (* no support for "Archive" series drives)
• SSD (* no support for PCIe or USB DOMs)
• mSATA
• NVMe

* Although Nx Witness may be installed on other drive types the Nx Support team will only provide technical support on the above drive types and sizes.

Questions

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