Hardware Specifications for the CommServe Server

The following hardware requirements are for CommServe servers that are installed on either physical computers or virtual machines, with dedicated resources for the VMs. For more information about system requirements, see System Requirements for CommServe. For information on performance tuning and scalability for your CommCell environment, see Best Practices for the CommCell Environment.

Extra Large

Large

Medium

Small

Supports up to 10,000 servers, 20,000 virtual machines, and 50,000 laptops in a single CommCell environment.

Supports up to 2500 servers, 5000 virtual machines, and 10,000 laptops in a single CommCell environment.

Supports up to 500 servers, 1000 virtual machines, and 5000 laptops in a single CommCell environment.

Supports up to 25 servers, 100 virtual machines, and 200 laptops in a single CommCell, including MediaAgents.

16 CPU cores

12 CPU cores

8 CPU cores

4 CPU cores

128 GB RAM

64 GB RAM

32 GB RAM

16 GB RAM

500 GB of enterprise class SSD disk space for CommServe database

300 GB of SSD disk space for CommServe database

200 GB of disk space for CommServe database

100 GB of disk space for CommServe database

Note

Definitions

Servers are multi-user platforms such as file servers, application servers, or hypervisor hosts.

Laptops are single end-user systems such as laptops or desktops with installed Commvault software.

Additional Disk Space for Large and Extra Large Environments

In large and extra large environments, use a separate 100 GB SSD disk space for the following:

  • OS

  • CV Application (binaries)

  • TempDb drive

  • Software cache and log files

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