System requirements

Advanced editions

Component

Memory (above the OS and running applications)

Disk space required during installation or update

Disk space occupied by the component(s)

Additional

The components installed in Windows

Complete installation

350 MB

5.8 GB

4.4 GB

including SQL Express Server

 

Agent Core

140 MB

420 MB

270 MB

 

Agent for Windows

375 MB

1 GB

660 MB

 

Agent for VMware vSphere ESX(i) (Windows)

90 MB

140 MB

100 MB

 

Agent for Hyper-V

80 MB

60 MB

30 MB

 

Agent for Exchange

100 MB

170 MB

90 MB

 

Bootable Media Builder

370 MB

1.3 GB

880 MB

CD-RW or DVD-RW drive

Management Console

180 MB

490 MB

330 MB

Screen resolution 800*600 pixels or higher

Management Server

350 MB

940 MB

490 MB for SQL Express Server

640 MB

260 MB for SQL Express Server

 

Wake-on-LAN Proxy

70

40 MB

15 MB

 

Storage Node
(general requirements)

180 MB

470 MB

290 MB

When using a tape library, space required for tapes database: approx. 1 MB per 10 archives

 

Storage Node
(recommendations for using Deduplication)

  • Minimum 8 GB of RAM.
  • 64-bit platform. A 32-bit system can use only 3.2 GB of RAM and effectively process not more than 400 GB of unique data.

For more information, see “Deduplication best practices” in the product Help or the User Guide.

License Server

65 MB

60 MB

40 MB

 

PXE Server

80 MB

95 MB

60 MB

 

Tray Monitor

65 MB

25 MB

10 MB

 

The components installed in Linux

Agent for Linux

120 MB

200 MB

210 MB

 

Bootable Media Builder

130 MB

300 MB

330 MB

 

Management Console

120 MB

100 MB

200 MB

 

The components installed on VMware ESX(i) server

Agent for VMware vSphere ESX(i) (Virtual Appliance)

1 GB

(the Virtual Appliance memory setting)

6 GB

6 GB

CPU number:

2 (the default Virtual Appliance setting)

4-8 (recommended if backing up 5-10 VMs simultaneously)

CPU reservation: minimum 300 MHz recommended

Network interface card or virtual network adapter is a common requirement for all the components.

Stand-alone editions

Edition name

Memory (above the OS and running applications)

Disk space required during installation or update

Disk space occupied by the component(s)

Additional

Editions for Windows

Server for Windows

420 MB

2.6 GB

1.8 GB

Screen resolution 800*600 pixels or higher

 

Workstation

420 MB

2.9 GB

1.8 GB

Bootable Media Builder (Windows)

480 MB

1.3 GB

930 MB

 

Edition for Linux

Server for Linux

500 MB

420 MB

700 MB

Screen resolution 800*600 pixels or higher

Bootable Media Builder (Linux)

130 MB

300 MB

330 MB

 

Bootable media

Media type

Memory

ISO image size

Additional

Based on Windows PE

580 MB

370 MB

 

Linux-based

370 MB

490 MB