Hardware requirements for the DBMS and the Administration Server

The following tables give the recommended minimum hardware requirements to a DBMS and Administration Server obtained during tests. For a complete list of operating systems and DBMSs supported, please refer to the list of hardware and software requirements.

Administration Server and DBMS are on different devices, the network includes 50 000 devices

Configuration of the device that has Administration Server installed

Hardware	Value
CPU	4 cores, 2500 MHz
RAM	8 GB
Hard drive	300 GB, RAID recommended
Network adapter	1 Gbit

Configuration of the device that has DBMS installed

Hardware	Value
CPU	4 cores, 2500 MHz
RAM	16 GB
Hard drive	200 GB, SATA RAID
Network adapter	1 Gbit

Administration Server and DBMS are on the same device, the network includes 50 000 devices

Configuration of the device that has Administration Server and DBMS installed

Hardware	Value
CPU	8 cores, 2500 MHz
RAM	16 GB
Hard drive	500 GB, SATA RAID
Network adapter	1 Gbit

Administration Server and DBMS are on different devices, the network includes 100 000 devices

Configuration of the device that has Administration Server installed

Hardware	Value
CPU	8 cores, 2.13 GHz
RAM	8 GB
Hard drive	1 TB, with RAID
Network adapter	1 Gbit

Configuration of the device with DBMS installed

Hardware	Value
CPU	8 cores, 2.53 GHz
RAM	26 GB
Hard drive	500 GB, SATA RAID
Network adapter	1 Gbit

DBMS SQL Server on virtual machine, the network includes 50 000 devices

Configuration of the virtual machine that has SQL Server installed, up to 50 000 devices

Resources Reserved on Hypervisor	Value
CPU	10 GHz
RAM	16 GB
Disk IOPS	150 IOPS
Disk free space	200 GB
SQL Server instance sharing	No sharing

DBMS SQL Server on virtual machine, the network includes 100 000 devices

Configuration of the virtual machine that has SQL Server installed, up to 100 000 devices

Resources Reserved on Hypervisor	Value
CPU	20 GHz
RAM	26 GB
Disk IOPS	150 IOPS
Disk free space	500 GB
SQL Server instance sharing	No sharing

The tests were run under the following settings:

Automatic assignment of distribution points is enabled on the Administration Server, or distribution points are assigned manually in accordance with the recommended table.
The backup task saves backup copies to a file resource located on a dedicated server.
The synchronization interval for Network Agents is set as specified in the table below.
Synchronization interval for Network Agents

Synchronization interval (minutes)

Number of managed devices

15

10,000

30

20,000

45

30,000

60

40,000

75

50,000

150

100,000

Synchronization interval (minutes)	Number of managed devices
15	10,000
30	20,000
45	30,000
60	40,000
75	50,000
150	100,000