5.7

Single Tier 2-Tier Database 2-Tier Web/Collector
Separate Disk
Channels
2 2 1
Single Tier 2-Tier Database 2-Tier Web/Collector
Processor Quad Xeon or two Dual
Core 2GHz
Quad Xeon or two Dual
Core 2GHz
Dual Xeon or single Dual
Core 2GHz
RAM 12GB 12GB 4GB
Separate Disk
Channels
3 3 2
Table 1–5. Minimum Hardware Requirements to Support 1001–2000 Managed Machines
Single Tier 2-Tier Database 2-Tier Web/Collector
Processor Eight-way Xeon or four
Dual Core 2GHz
Eight-way Xeon or four
Dual Core 2GHz
Dual Xeon or single
Dual Core 2GHz
RAM 16GB 16GB 8GB
Separate Disk
Channels
4 4 2
Table 1–6. Minimum Hardware Requirements to Support 2001–5000 Managed Machines
The space allocations in the following table do not include space for backups. Allocate backup space that is
equal to the size of the VCM data for a single full backup, or larger to keep multiple partial backups.
Number of VCM
Managed Machines
RAID Channel and RAID Level Partitions Usable
Space
1–500 Channel 0 – RAID 1 OS 36GB
Collector Data
Files
36GB
TempDB 36GB
SQL Log Files 28GB
Channel 1 – RAID 0+1 (recommended) or
RAID 10
SQL Data Files 56GB
Table 1–7. Minimum Disk Configuration Requirements by Number of Managed Machines
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