HP Storage Mirroring Software - Manual (Page 12)

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Source server requirements
This is the server that contains the data you will be protecting.
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Operating system—Storage Mirroring Replicate can protect a physical or virtual
source server running any of the following operating system editions.
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Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard, Essential Business
Server, Web Server, Foundation Server, Small Business Server, or Storage
Server Edition
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Windows Server 2003 or 2003 R2 Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard, Web
Edition, Small Business Server, or Storage Server Edition. Each of the
Windows 2003 operating systems require Service Pack 1 or later.
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Architecture—32-bit and 64-bit architectures are supported
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File system—Storage Mirroring Replicate supports the same file system formats
that Microsoft supports: FAT, FAT32, and NTFS.
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System memory—There are different memory requirements depending on the
system architecture you are using. Be sure you have at least the minimum amount
of memory for your environment. You should consider having at least the
recommended amount of system memory.
Architecture Minimum System Memory Recommended System Memory
32-bit 128 MB At least 512 MB
64-bit 512 MB At least 1024 MB
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Disk space for program files—This is the amount of disk space, approximately
130 MB, needed on the source to hold the Storage Mirroring Replicate program
files.
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Server name—Storage Mirroring Replicate includes Unicode file system support,
but your server name must be in ASCII format.
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Network protocols—Your servers must use TCP/IP with static IP addressing.
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Microsoft .NET Framework—Version 3.5 Service Pack 1 is required on the
source.
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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.