Hardware Requirements

This table outlines hardware and software requirements for the SUSE Manager Server and Proxy, on x86_64 and IBM Power PC architecture.

For IBM Z hardware requirements, see installation:install-ibmz.adoc.

For SUSE Manager for Retail hardware requirements, see retail:retail-requirements.adoc.

Server Hardware Requirements

Table 1. Server Hardware Requirements for x86_64 Architecture
Hardware	Recommended
CPU	Minimum 4 dedicated 64-bit CPU cores
RAM:	Test Server Minimum 8 GB
	Base Installation Minimum 16 GB
	Production Server Minimum 32 GB
Disk Space:	`/` (root) Minimum 24 GB
	`/var/lib/pgsql` Minimum 50 GB
	`/var/spacewalk` Minimum 50 GB per SUSE product and 360 GB per Red Hat product

Table 2. Server Hardware Requirements for IBM POWER8 or POWER9 Architecture
Hardware	Recommended
CPU	Minimum 4 dedicated cores
RAM:	Test Server Minimum 8 GB
	Base Installation Minimum 16 GB
	Production Server Minimum 32 GB
Disk Space:	`/` Minimum 100 GB
	`/var/lib/pgsql` Minimum 50 GB
	`/var/spacewalk` Minimum 50 GB per SUSE product and 360 GB per Red Hat product

Table 3. Proxy Hardware Requirements
Hardware	Recommended
CPU	Minimum 2 dedicated 64-bit CPU cores
RAM:	Test Server Minimum 2 GB
	Production Server Minimum 8 GB
Disk Space:	`/` (root) Minimum 24 GB
	`/srv` Minimum 100 GB
	`/var/cache` (Squid) Minimum 100 GB