2.2. Hardware Requirements

CPU

• Required: Intel dual-core processor, 2.4GHz, 512K cache or equivalent
• Recommended: Intel quad-core processor, 2.4GHz dual processor, 512K cache or equivalent

Memory

• Required: 4 GB of memory
• Recommended: 8 GB of memory

Storage

• 5 GB storage for base installation
• A minimum of 40 GB storage per software channel (including Base and child channels), in /var/satellite/, configurable at install
• A minimum of 10 GB storage for cache files stored within /var/cache/rhn. See Section 2.4.5, “Caching” for more information.
• Strongly Recommended: A SCSI drive connected to a level 5 RAID

Database

• See Section 2.3.1, “Database Sizing” for standard database requirements.
• Embedded Database: A minimum of 12 GB storage for the database repository in the /opt/rh/postgresql92/root/var/lib/pgsql/ partition on the Satellite host. This partition must be local storage only.

  Important

  Due to an updated version of the PostgreSQL Embedded Database, the database location has changed from /var/lib/pgsql in Red Hat Satellite 5.6 to /opt/rh/postgresql92/root/var/lib/pgsql in Red Hat Satellite 5.7. Make sure to allocate enough hard disk space to this location.
• Managed Database: A minimum of 12 GB storage for the database repository in the /opt/rh/postgresql92/root/var/lib/pgsql/ partition on the Managed Database host. This partition must be local storage only. The instructions for installing this database are a part of the Managed Database installation scenario .
• External Database: See Section 4.3.1, “External Database Requirements”.

Backup

• A separate partition (or better, a separate set of physical disks) for storing backups, which can be any directory specifiable at backup time
• An external SAN for more reliable backups