Do you need to install BIM Server to use Teamwork?

[jshuether]

My office is looking to upgrade computers and ArchiCAD versions. Do you need to install BIM Server to use Teamwork functions in ArchiCAD 16? Obviously, BIM server gets much praise; however, it would require the purchase of an additional computer just to run the 64-bit Bim Server. Our existing file server is a dual PowerPC 450 MHz PowerMac--it does fine for a file server, but lacks the requirements to run Bim Server.

Everything in our office is outdated. We are running ArchiCAD 10 on PowerPC Macs. I am frustrated with the limitations of memory in a 32-bit ArchiCAD and the lack of multiprocessor support with ArchiCAD 10.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Yes, you must install BIM Server (BS) to use Teamwork ... BS manages all files and communications.

However, BS does not have to run on its own machine in a very small office. If you only have a couple of users, it can run on somebody's (very well-equipped) workstation. It is not 'server' software per se that runs on a 'server' OS / computer. However, speed would be severely impacted if BS ran on one machine and the files were located on another file server (PPC or not) on the network - so do follow the recommendations here:

http://www.archicadwiki.com/Teamwork/BimServerConfiguration

Karl