Specifications

Memory requirements
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager has the following memory requirements
based on the number of hosts and VMs.
Number of ESX hosts Number of VMs Memory
100 1000 8 GB
125 1250 10 GB
150 1500 12 GB
175 1750 14 GB
200 2000 16 GB
200 < 2000 < Contact Support
The minimum memory requirement is 8 GB, but your deployment may require
more to handle peak memory demands. If certain conditions are met, you can
reduce the memory requirement for collecting from multiple vCenters (VC) in the
following ways:
l Schedule the configuration data collection jobs for the different VCs to be
certain they do not overlap, by setting the start times at least 3 hours apart.
This necessitates reducing the frequency of configuration collection to 1-2
times per day.
l Instead of using the actual total number of ESX hosts in the environment,
calculate a "proxy number of hosts” by using the following formula:
l Take the largest number of hosts managed by a single VC instance.
l Add 15% for each additional VC in your environment, regardless of its
size.
For example, if you have three VCs and the largest VC manages 90 hosts, then
your "proxy number of hosts" is 117.
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Memory requirements