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Hardware Requirements for System Center 2012 R2

 

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 R2

Use this information to evaluate if your hardware environment is ready to support the installation of or upgrade to System Center 2012 R2. Use this information to evaluate hardware requirements (processor, RAM, and free hard drive space). Both minimum (min) and recommended (rec) values are provided. Use the information here whether you are deploying one or multiple components.

System Center 2012 R2 servers Processor (min) Processor (rec) RAM (min) RAM (rec) Hard drive space (min) Hard drive space (rec)
App Controller Server Pentium 4, 2 GHz (x64) Dual-Processor, Dual Core, 2.8 GHz (x64) or greater 1 GB 4 GB 512 MB 1 GB
DPM Server 1 GHz, dual-core CPU or faster 2.33 GHz quad-core CPU 4 GB 8 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Operations Manager Use the Operations Manager Sizing Helper Use the Operations Manager Sizing Helper Use the Operations Manager Sizing Helper Use the Operations Manager Sizing Helper Use the Operations Manager Sizing Helper Use the Operations Manager Sizing Helper
Orchestrator management server 2.1 GHz, dual-core CPU or faster 2.1 GHz, dual-core CPU or faster 1 GB 2 GB 200 MB 200 MB
Orchestrator runbook server 2.1 GHz, dual-core CPU or faster 2.1 GHz, dual-core CPU or faster 1 GB 2 GB 200 MB 200 MB
Orchestrator web service 2.1 GHz, dual-core CPU or faster 2.1 GHz, dual-core CPU or faster 1 GB 2 GB 200 MB 200 MB
Orchestrator Runbook Designer 2.1 GHz, dual-core CPU or faster 2.1 GHz, dual-core CPU or faster 1 GB 2 GB 200 MB 200 MB
Service Manager Management Server 4-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 4-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 8 GB 8 GB 10 GB 10 GB
Service Manager Database 8-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 8-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 8 GB 32 GB 80 GB 80 GB
Service Manager Data Warehouse Management Server 4-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 4-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 8 GB 16 GB 10 GB 10 GB
Service Manager Data Warehouse Databases 8-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 8-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 8 GB 32 GB 400 GB 400 GB
Service Manager Console 2-Core 2 GHz CPU 2-Core 2 GHz CPU 4 GB 4 GB 10 GB 10 GB
Service Manager Self-Service Portal: Web Content Server with SharePoint Web Parts 8-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 8-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 16 GB 32 GB 80 GB 80 GB
Service Provider Foundation 2.1 GHz, dual-core CPU or faster 2.1 GHz, dual-core CPU or faster 1 GB 3 GB 6 GB 16 GB
VMM Management Server (Less than 150 hosts) Pentium 4, 2 GHz (x64) 8-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 2 GB 8 GB 2 GB 10 GB
VMM Management Server (More than 150 hosts) Pentium 4, 2 GHz (x64) 16-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 4 GB 16 GB 4 GB 10 GB
VMM Console (Less than 150 hosts) Pentium 4, 1 GHz CPU 2-Core 2 GHz CPU 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 10 GB
VMM Console (More than 150 hosts) Pentium 4, dual processor 2 GHz 2-Core 2 GHz CPU 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 10 GB
VMM Database (Less than 150 hosts) Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz 8-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 2 GB 8 GB 20 GB 150 GB
VMM Database (More than 150 hosts) Dual-core 2 GHz (x64) 16-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 4 GB 16 GB 50 GB 200 GB
vmm12short]** Library Server Pentium 4 2.8 GHz 4-Core 2.66 GHz CPU 2 GB 4 GB Varies based on the number and size of the stored files. Varies based on the number and size of the stored files.

This information does not apply to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. For those system requirements, see Supported Configurations for Configuration Manager.

See Also

System Requirements for System Center 2012 R2
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 App Controller
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 Service Provider Foundation
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager