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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide
  3. Using instant access with SQL Server
  4. Prerequisites when you configure an instant access SQL Server database
  5. Hardware configuration requirement of instant access
NetBackup™ Web UI Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

Hardware configuration requirement of instant access

Table: Hardware configuration requirement

CPU

Memory

Disk

  • Minimum 2.2-GHz clock rate.

  • 64-bit processor.

  • Minimum 4 cores; 8 cores recommended. For 64 TBs of storage, the Intel x86-64 architecture requires eight cores.

  • 16 GB (For 8 TBs to 32 TBs of storage)

    1GB RAM for 1TB of storage.

  • 32 GBs of RAM for more than 32 TBs storage.

  • An additional 500MB of RAM for each live mount.

Disk size depends on the size of your backup. Refer to the hardware requirements for NetBackup and Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP).

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