Array Studio requires .NET 2.0.  As a result, most versions of Array Studio require that the user have administrative privileges to install .NET 2.0, or the ability to do so before installing Array Studio. By default, the installation page for Array Studio will automatically install .NET 2.0 if the user does not have this installed previously. While Array Studio does not have any specific requirements for memory or processor speed, it is recommended that the user have at least 1GB of RAM for microarray analysis, and at least 2GB of RAM for ExonArray, SNP/Genotyping, and CNV analysis.

For microarray analysis, hard drive space is not an issue, however the user should ensure that they have sufficient hard drive space for larger ExonArray, SNP/Genotyping, and CNV analysis.  Extremely large datasets, such as Dose or Probability SNP data, take up a lot of hard drive space, and the user should ensure that they have sufficient space on their hard drive for such analyses.

Omicsoft's home directory is usually located in the user's My Documents folder, under the folder Omicsoft.  This folder contains all of the user's annotations, favorites, Ontology, Refseq, Ensembl, Hapmap data, and more.  In addition, this folder is used as the temporary working directory.  If the user is concerned about hard drive space on the hard drive containing this folder, it can be changed by going to the Tools menu | Preferences | Advanced | Omicsoft home directory.