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Check Hardware Requirements

Identity Manager Server

These requirements take into account the requirements of the application server installed on the system where you install the Identity Manager Server.

Component

Minimum

Recommended

CPU

Intel (or compatible) 2.0 GHz (Windows or Red Hat Linux),

SPARC 1.5 GHz (Solaris) or POWER4 1.1 GHz (AIX)

 

Dual core Intel (or compatible) 3.0 GHz (Windows or Red Hat Linux), Dual core

SPARC 2.5 GHz (Solaris)

POWER5 1.5 GHz (AIX)

Memory

4 GB

8 GB

Available Disk Space

4 GB

8 GB

Temp Space

2 GB

4 GB

Swap/Paging Space

2 GB

4 GB

Processor

32-bit processor and operating system for small deployments

64-bit processor and operating system for intermediate and large deployments, dual core

64-bit processor and operating system, quad core

Provisioning Server or a Standalone Connector Server

Component

Minimum

Recommended

CPU

Intel (or compatible) 2.0 GHz (Windows)

SPARC 1.5 GHz (Solaris)

Dual core Intel (or compatible) 3.0 GHz (Windows)

SPARC 2.0 GHz (Solaris)

Memory

4 GB

8 GB

Available Disk Space

4 GB

8 GB

Processor

32-bit processor and operating system for small deployments

64-bit processor and operating system for intermediate and large deployments, dual core

64-bit processor and operating system, quad core

Provisioning Directory

Component

Minimum

Recommended

CPU

Intel (or compatible) 1.5 GHz (Windows)

SPARC 1.0 GHz (Solaris)

Dual core Intel (or compatible) 2.5 GHz (Windows)

SPARC 1.5 GHz (Solaris)

Memory

4 GB

8 GB

Available Disk Space

2 to 10 GB, depending on the number of endpoint accounts

  • Compact—Up to 10,000 accounts, 0.25 GB per datafile (total 1 GB)
  • Basic—Up to 400,000 accounts, 0.5 GB per datafile, (total 2 GB)
  • Intermediate (64 bit only)—Up to 600,000 accounts, 1 GB per datafile, total 4 GB
  • Large (64 bit only)—Over 600,000 accounts, 2 GB per datafile, total 8 GB

2 to 10 GB, depending on the number of endpoint accounts

  • Compact—Up to 10,000 accounts, 0.25 GB per datafile (total 1 GB)
  • Basic—Up to 400,000 accounts, 0.5 GB per datafile, (total 2 GB)
  • Intermediate (64 bit only)— Up to 600,000 accounts, 1 GB per datafile, total 4 GB
  • Large (64 bit only)—Over 600,000 accounts, 2 GB per datafile, total 8 GB

Processor

32-bit processor and operating system for small deployments

64-bit processor, 64-bit operating system, and CA Directory (64 bit version) for intermediate and large deployments

64-bit processor and operating system

All Components on One System

Hosting the entire CA Identity Manager product on a single physical system is not recommended for production environments. However, to do so, the hardware requirements are as follows:

Component

Minimum

CPU

Intel (or compatible) 3.1 GHz (Windows)

SPARC 2.5 GHz (Solaris)

Memory

8 GB

Available Disk Space

6 to 14 GB depending on the number of accounts

Processor

64-bit processor and operating system for intermediate and large deployments, quad core

Swap/Paging Space

6 GB