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Chapter 1 Installing StorNext File System and Storage Manager
Storage Manager System Requirements
StorNext 3.1.3 Installation Guide 3
Table 2 Storage Manager
Hardware Requirements
Note: The RAM requirements in Table 2 are for running StorNext
File System and Storage Manager only. Running additional
software (including the StorNext client software) requires
additional RAM.
File Systems RAM Disk Space
1–4* 2 GB • For application binaries, log files,
and documentation: up to 30GB
(depending on system activity)
• For support directories: 3 GB per
million files stored
• For metadata: 25GB minimum
5–8** 4 GB
* Two CPUs recommended for best performance.
** Two CPUs required for best performance.
Note: If a file system uses deduplicated storage disks (DDisks), note
the following additional requirements:
• Requires 2 GB RAM per DDisk in addition to the base RAM
noted in
Table 2.
• Requires an additional 5GB of disk space for application
binaries and log files.
• Deduplication is supported only for file systems running on
a Linux operating system (x86 32-bit or x86 64-bit).
• An Intel Pentium 4 or later processor (or an equivalent
AMD processor) is required. For best performance,
Quantum recommends an extra CPU per blockpool.