Check Hardware Requirements

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Check Hardware Requirements

CA Identity Manager Server

These requirements take into account the requirements of the application server that is installed on the system where you install the CA 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	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 or Red Hat Linux) SPARC 1.5 GHz (Solaris)	Dual core Intel (or compatible) 3.0 GHz (Windows or Red Hat Linux) SPARC 2.0 GHz (Solaris)
Memory	4 GB	8 GB
Available Disk Space	4 GB	8 GB
Processor	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 or Red Hat Linux) SPARC 1.0 GHz (Solaris)	Dual core Intel (or compatible) 2.5 GHz (Windows or Red Hat Linux) 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 data file (total 1 GB) Basic—Up to 400,000 accounts, 0.5 GB per data file (total 2 GB) Intermediate—Up to 600,000 accounts, 1 GB per data file, total 4 GB Large—Over 600,000 accounts, 2 GB per data file, total 8 GB	2 to 10 GB, depending on the number of endpoint accounts Compact—Up to 10,000 accounts, 0.25 GB per data file (total 1 GB) Basic—Up to 400,000 accounts, 0.5 GB per data file (total 2 GB) Intermediate—Up to 600,000 accounts, 1 GB per data file, total 4 GB Large—Over 600,000 accounts, 2 GB per data file, total 8 GB
Processor	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 or Red Hat Linux) 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, quad core
Swap/Paging Space	6 GB