1.3. Selection Criteria for Hardware Platform
The development process needs computers, networks, storage, printing and other hardware components. However the important hardware decision is the selection of PCs and workstations for developers. There is no hard and fast rule about how to select a particular hardware platform. It depends upon the requirements of a development project. Some factors that you may keep in mind are as follows:
Cost of the hardware.
Availability of desired operating system on the hardware. For example, you can't run HP-UX on PCs.
Availability of development tools.
Maintenance cost.
There may be other factors as well and you are the best person to judge what you need. However, keep in mind that reliability of hardware is ...
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