vRanger 7.6.6 - Integration Guide for DR Series Disk Backup Appliance

Hardware requirements

The hardware requirements to run vRanger can vary widely based on several factors. Therefore, you should not do a large-scale implementation without first completing a scoping and sizing exercise.

vRanger: physical machine

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vRanger: physical machine

The following describes the hardware recommendations for the vRanger physical machine:

Table 1. Requirements for a installing vRanger on a physical machine

CPU

Any combination equaling four cores of CPUs are recommended. Example one quad-core CPU; two dual-core CPUs.

RAM

4 GB RAM is required.

Storage

At least 4 GB free hard disk space on the vRanger machine.

HBA

For LAN-free, Quest recommends that you use two HBAs — one for read operations and one for writing.

Table 1. Requirements for a installing vRanger on a physical machine
CPU	Any combination equaling four cores of CPUs are recommended. Example one quad-core CPU; two dual-core CPUs.
RAM	4 GB RAM is required.
Storage	At least 4 GB free hard disk space on the vRanger machine.
HBA	For LAN-free, Quest recommends that you use two HBAs — one for read operations and one for writing.

vRanger: virtual machine (VM)

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vRanger: virtual machine (VM)

The following describes the hardware recommendations for using vRanger in a VM:

Table 2. Requirements for a installing vRanger on a virtual machine

CPU

Four vCPUs.

RAM

4 GB RAM is recommended.

Storage

At least 4 GB free hard disk space on the vRanger machine.

Table 2. Requirements for a installing vRanger on a virtual machine
CPU	Four vCPUs.
RAM	4 GB RAM is recommended.
Storage	At least 4 GB free hard disk space on the vRanger machine.

Requirements for physical backup and restore

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Requirements for physical backup and restore

When backing up from and restoring to a physical server, vRanger uses a client run on that server to perform backup and restore operations. To process the backup workload effectively, the physical server must meet the following requirements:

Table 3. Requirements for physical backup and restore

CPU

Any combination equaling four cores of CPUs are recommended. Example one quad-core CPU; two dual-core CPUs.

RAM

2 GB RAM is required.

CPU	Any combination equaling four cores of CPUs are recommended. Example one quad-core CPU; two dual-core CPUs.
RAM	2 GB RAM is required.

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Hardware requirements

Hardware requirements

vRanger: physical machine

vRanger: physical machine

vRanger: virtual machine (VM)

vRanger: virtual machine (VM)

Requirements for physical backup and restore

Requirements for physical backup and restore