2.2. Hardware Requirements

This section specifies a Red Hat Satellite server's hardware considerations and requirements for installation.

Depending on the desired use case, a Red Hat Satellite environment might require multiple machines:

The following list shows the required and recommended hardware configurations on the x86_64 platform for a Red Hat Satellite server:

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

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 /var/opt/rh/rh-postgresql95/lib/pgsql/data 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 to /var/opt/rh/rh-postgresql95/lib/pgsql/data in Red Hat Satellite 5.8. 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 /var/opt/rh/rh-postgresql95/lib/pgsql/data 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 (See Section 3.2.2, “Mounting the Installation Media”).
External Database: See Section 3.3.1, “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

The following list shows the required and recommended hardware configurations on the s/390x mainframe platform for a Red Hat Satellite server:

CPU

Memory

Storage

Required:
- 1 GB swap on ECKD DASD
- 1xMod3 ECKD DASD or ≥ 2 GB FCP SCSI LUN 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.
Recommended:
- 512 MB swap on VDISK + 1 GB swap on ECKD DASD
- 1xMod9 ECKD DASD or ≥ 2 GB multipathed FCP SCSI LUN 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.

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 /var/opt/rh/rh-postgresql95/lib/pgsql/data partition. This partition must be local storage only.
Important
Due to an updated version of the PostgreSQL Embedded Database, the database location has changed to /var/opt/rh/rh-postgresql95/lib/pgsql/data in Red Hat Satellite 5.8. 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 /var/opt/rh/rh-postgresql95/lib/pgsql/data 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 (See Section 3.2.2, “Mounting the Installation Media”).
External Database: See Section 3.3.1, “External Database Requirements”.

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