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

300 MB

3.6 GB

1.99 GB

including SQL Express Server

 

Agent for Windows

120 MB

1.3 GB

425 MB

 

Agent for VMware vSphere ESX(i) (Windows)

See "Agent for Windows"

1.3 GB

450 MB

 

Agent for Hyper-V

See "Agent for Windows"

50 MB

20 MB

 

Bootable Media Builder

80 MB

1.1 GB

305 MB

CD-RW or DVD-RW drive

Management Console

30 MB

950 MB

110 MB

Screen resolution 1024*768 pixels or higher

Management Server

40 MB

440 MB

400 MB for SQL Express Server

245 MB

400 MB for SQL Express Server

 

Wake-on-LAN Proxy

Negligible

50 MB

10 MB

 

Storage Node
(general requirements)

100 MB

350 MB

185 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 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

Negligible

50 MB

20 MB

 

PXE Server

5 MB

80 MB

20 MB

 

The components installed in Linux

Complete installation

160 MB

895 MB

485 MB

 

Agent for Linux

65 MB

255 MB

160 MB

 

Bootable Media Builder

70 MB

495 MB

270 MB

 

Management Console

25 MB

145 MB

90 MB

 

The components installed on VMware ESX(i) server

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

1 GB

(the Virtual Appliance memory setting)

5 GB

5 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.

Standalone 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

80 MB

1.7 GB

850 MB

Screen resolution 1024*768 pixels or higher

 

Workstation

80 MB

1.7 GB

850 MB

Bootable Media Builder (Windows)

80 MB

1.1 GB

305 MB

 

Edition for Linux

Server for Linux

120 MB

815 MB

475 MB

Screen resolution 1024*768 pixels or higher

Bootable Media Builder (Linux)

70 MB

495 MB

270 MB

 

Bootable media

Media type

Memory

ISO image size

Additional

Based on Windows PE

640 MB

300 MB

 

Linux-based

512 MB

310 MB