HP Storage Mirroring V5 Software - Manual (Page 7)

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System memory—There are different memory requirements depending on the operating system
you are using. Be sure you have at least the minimum amount of memory for your environment.
You may want to consider having at least the recommended amount of system memory.
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Disk usage—There are different types of disk usage related to different aspects of Server Image
Copy.
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Program files—This is the amount of disk space on all Server Image Copy servers to hold
the Server Image Copy program files, which is approximately 130 MB.
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Data files—This is the amount of disk space on the target image server and recovery server
to hold all of the source data and applications. This will be dependent on your applications and
data.
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System state image—This is the amount of disk space on the target image server and
recovery server to hold the image of the source system state. You should have at least 5 GB
of space on the target image server for each source image you are storing. Also, you should
have at least 5 GB of space on the recovery server for the recovery process. The more
applications you are running on the source, the larger the system state will be. Therefore, you
may need additional space if your source has many applications.
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Server Name—Server Image Copy and core Storage Mirroring include Unicode file system
support, but your server name must be in ASCII format. If you have the need to use a server’s
fully-qualified domain name, your server cannot start with a numeric character because that will
be interpreted as an IP address.
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Network Protocols—Your servers must use TCP/IP with static IP addressing.
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ESX disks—Thin-provisioned virtual disks on VMware ESX are not supported because they cannot
be shared by two virtual machines simultaneously.
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Junction points—Only domain controller junction points will be replicated. Any user-created
junction points will be replicated as two unlinked copies of the data.
Operating System
Minimum System
Memory
Recommended System
Memory
Any Windows 32-bit Operating System 128 MB At least 512 MB
Any Windows 64-bit Operating System 512 MB At least 1024 MB