CPU, RAM, and Storage Requirements

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Note: For detailed system requirements, you can find a software product compatibility report at https://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/softwareReqsForProduct.html.

For Production Level implementations

The minimum recommended hardware requirements for Production-level implementations with multiple users and projects:
Note:
  • The dedicated database server is a server with a running instance of Microsoft SQL Server, dedicated to IBM® AD components. It is recommended that all IBM AD components to be installed on one or more machines that are separate from the machine where Microsoft SQL Server is running.
  • IBM Application Discovery can be deployed on Virtual Machines (VMs) as well, if the minimum hardware requirements are met. In a virtual environment, it is highly recommended to take the following into consideration.
    • Microsoft SQL Server and IBM AD Service Components VM Machines located in the same cluster or even better on the same physical hardware. This setup reduces any potential network latency and slowness.
    • A dedicated storage solution (drive) for IBM Application Discovery (that includes Microsoft SQL Server VM), instead of a shared solution (with other VMs, products).
  • For IBM AD Dedicated Database Server:
    • CPU: Intel XEON Dual processor with minimum of 4 cores each, 3 GHz or higher, with Turbo support.
    • 64 GB of RAM.
    • Dedicated hard disk drive for the operating system, minimum 500 GB. Secondary dedicated hard disk drive for data, minimum 2 TB.
      Note: If the secondary database server is a server with a running instance of Microsoft SQL Server, for an efficient disk space utilization, it is recommended to use 70% of disk space for Database data, and 30% of disk space for log data, such as transaction logs. The two types of data can be stored on the same disk.
  • For all the IBM AD components:
    • CPU: Intel XEON Dual processor with minimum of 4 cores each, 3 GHz or higher, with Turbo support.
    • Minimum 32 GB of RAM.
    • Dedicated hard disk drive for the operating system, minimum 500 GB. Secondary dedicated hard disk drive for data, minimum 2 TB.
    • 4 GB allocated Virtual Memory.
  • For IBM AD Analyze Client:
    • CPU: Intel i5 or equivalent.
    • Minimum 8 GB of RAM.
    • 20 GB allocated disk space.
  • For IBM AD Build Client:
    • CPU: Intel i5 or equivalent.
    • 16 GB of RAM.
    • 20 GB allocated disk space.

For Evaluation / POC implementations

The minimum recommended hardware requirements for evaluating the IBM AD in a WindowsWindows environment:
Note: SQL Server and all the IBM AD components can be installed on this machine for evaluation / POC purposes only.
  • For IBM AD Workstation:
    • CPU: Intel Core i5 or equivalent.
    • 32 GB of RAM.
    • 35 GB allocated disk space.