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Check Hardware Requirements

CA IdentityMinder Server

These requirements take into account the requirements of the application server that is installed on the system where you install the CA IdentityMinder 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 IdentityMinder 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