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System Requirements for IBM Security Secret Server

Detailed System Requirements


Abstract

IBM Security Secret Server minimum system requirements and recommended system requirements for basic and advanced deployments, along with general details

Content

Minimum requirements for basic deployments

Minimum requirements - basic deployments
Web Server Database Server
2 CPU Cores 2 CPU Cores
4 GB RAM 4 GB RAM
25 GB Disk Space 50 GB Disk Space
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 - 2016 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 - 2016
IIS 7 or newer SQL Server 2012 or newer
.NET 4.5.1 or newer

Recommended requirements for basic deployments

Note: Environments budgeting for over 10,000 Secrets require a scoping call with IBM.

Recommended requirements - basic deployments
Web Server Database Server
4 CPU Cores 4 CPU Cores
16 GB RAM 16 GB RAM
25 GB Disk Space 100+ GB Disk Space
Windows Server 2012 - 2016 Windows Server 2012 - 2016
IIS 7 or newer SQL Server 2012 or newer
.NET 4.6.1 or newer

Minimum requirements for advanced deployments

Recommended for organizations deploying Discovery, Session Recording, or increased numbers of Distributed Engines

Minimum requirements - advanced deployments
Web Server Database Server
8 CPU Cores 8 CPU Cores
16 GB RAM 16 GB RAM
25 GB Disk Space 100+ GB Disk Space
Windows Server 2012-2016 Windows Server 2012-2016
IIS 7 or newer SQL Server 2012 or newer
.NET 4.6.1 or newer

General details

System Requirements apply to both physical and virtual machines For best performance, use dedicated (clean) servers for hosting

If .NET and/or IIS features are not already installed on the web server, the IBM Security Secret Server Installer will add and configure them automatically.

If SQL is not already installed on a database server, the IBM Security Secret Server Installer can setup SQL Express on the web server, however SQL Express is intended for Trials and Sandbox environments ONLY. Though IBM Security Secret Server will support SQL Express, users likely will experience performance issues due to the memory and product limitations. If experiencing performance issues while using SQL Express, upgrade to SQL Server prior to contacting IBM Support.

Web Servers that are NOT SUPPORTED:

Small Business Server (SBS), The Essentials Edition, Any Client OS, Domain Controllers, Sharepoint Servers

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 April 2019

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ibm10880271