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Table 2‑1. Hardware Requirements for VMware vCenter Server Appliance
Resources
Platform Services
Controller
Tiny
Environment
(up to 10
Hosts, 100
Virtual
Machines)
Small
Environment
(up to 100
Hosts, 1,000
Virtual
Machines)
Medium
Environment
(up to 400
Hosts, 4,000
Virtual
Machines)
Large
Environment
(up to 1,000
Hosts, 10,000
Virtual
Machines)
Number of CPUs 2 2 4 8 16
Memory 2 GB RAM 8 GB RAM 16 GB RAM 24 GB RAM 32 GB RAM
I For vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform Services Controller, you must add
the hardware requirements for Platform Services Controller to the hardware requirements for
vCenter Server Appliance depending on the size of your environment.
vCenter Server Appliance Storage Requirements
When you deploy the vCenter Server Appliance, the host on which you deploy the appliance must meet
minimum storage requirements. The required storage depends not only on the size of the vSphere
environment, but also on the disk provisioning mode.
The storage requirements depend on the deployment model that you select to deploy.
Table 2‑2. vCenter Server Minimum Storage Requirements Depending On the Deployment Model
vCenter Server Appliance with an
Embedded
Platform Services Controller
vCenter Server Appliance with an
External
Platform Services Controller
External
Platform
Services
Controller
Appliance
Default
Storage Size Large Storage Size
Default
Storage Size Large Storage Size
Default Storage
Size
Tiny
environment (up
to 10 hosts, 100
virtual
machines)
120 GB 700 GB 120 GB 700 GB 30 GB
Small
environment (up
to 100 hosts,
1,000 virtual
machines)
150 GB 700 GB 150 GB 700 GB 30 GB
Medium
environment (up
to 400 hosts,
4,000 virtual
machines)
300 GB 800 GB 300 GB 800 GB 30 GB
Large
environment (up
to 1,000 hosts,
10,000 virtual
machines)
450 GB 900 GB 450 GB 900 GB 30 GB
vSphere Migration
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