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Site Recovery Manager System
Requirements 2
The system on which you install Site Recovery Manager must meet specific hardware requirements.
Table 2‑1. Minimum Site Recovery Manager System Requirements
Component Requirement
Processor At least two 2.0GHz or higher Intel or AMD x86
processors. Site Recovery Manager deloyments that
manage large environments require four 2.0GHz CPUs.
Memory 2GB minimum. You might require more memory if you use
the embedded database, as the content of the database
grows. The memory requirement increases if
Site Recovery Manager manages large environments.
Disk Storage 5GB minimum. If you install Site Recovery Manager on a
different drive to the C: drive, the Site Recovery Manager
installer still requires at least 1GB of free space on the C:
drive. This space is required for extracting and caching the
installation package. You might require more disk storage
if you use the embedded database, as the content of the
database grows.
Networking 1 Gigabit recommended for communication between
Site Recovery Manager sites.
Use a trusted network for the deployment and use of
Site Recovery Manager and for the management of ESXi
hosts.
For information about supported platforms and databases, see the Compatibility Matrixes for Site Recovery
Manager 6.1 at https://www.vmware.com/support/srm/srm-compat-matrix-6-1.html.
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Site Recovery Manager Licensing on page 14
After you install Site Recovery Manager, it remains in evaluation mode until you install a
Site Recovery Manager license key.
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Operational Limits of Site Recovery Manager on page 15
Each Site Recovery Manager server can support a certain number of protected virtual machines,
protection groups, datastore groups, recovery plans, and concurrent recoveries.
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