Question: System requirement -Alteryx Designer and Alteryx Server

[S312Chow]

Hi everyone

Good morning! may I ask what is the difference between the system requirement of Alteryx designer and Alteryx server?

will Alteryx server occupy lots of storage space of my laptop?

thanks

Bella 

[caltang]

Designer:

https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/system-requirements.html#idm45439413101120 

Server:

https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/server/system-requirements.html

Hmm, I would suggest not to host the Server on your own laptop if you're using the server for your team / function / end user / company. Usually a cloud setup to host the server is done (Azure for example), if you're an Alteryx SE they usually have the Server on their own PC. 

[caltang]

@S312Chow this is a good video series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snopHq5597Q&ab_channel=DataMeaning 

Some additional documentation as well: https://help.alteryx.com/20221/en/server/get-started-with-server.html#idm45766356679392 

[caltang · Accepted solution]

Some more content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUGoWjodXGk&ab_channel=TheInformationLab 

and some extra information on managing the Server: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Engine-Works/The-Secret-Recipe-to-Organize-a-Server/ba-p/980935