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System requirements
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Memory requirements
Operating system cache requirements
It is recommended that you use the System managed size (the OS allocates the required cache);
however, if you choose to use a custom size, make sure you use the following memory settings for
your operating system.
The virtual memory requirements for Windows system is 1 GB for minimum paging file size and 4
GB for maximum paging file size
TABLE 6
Linux swap space requirements
Installed physical memory
(RAM) size
Recommended swap size
4 GB
4 GB
Greater than 4 GB and
less than 8 GB
Equal to the amount of RAM
Greater than or equal to
8 GB and less than 64
GB
5 time the amount of RAM
NOTE
It is recommended that the memory allocation for ports exceeding 9000 is 6GB.
Disk space requirements
The disk space required for your device is a minimum of 10 GB.
NOTE
A warning message will be displayed if a minimum of 10 GB space is not available.
NOTE
It is recommended that you add an additional 100 GB of disk space if you use sFlow.
NOTE
It is recommended that you add an additional 40 GB of disk space for the default temporary
directory.