HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Replicate User's Guide (T5437-96023, November 2010)

Storage Mirroring Replicate requirements Page 15 of 214
Repository server requirements
This is the server that will be protecting your source server(s).
l Operating system—The repository server can be a physical or virtual server
running any of the following operating system editions.
l Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard,
Essential Business Server, Web Server, Foundation Server, Small Business
Server, or Storage Server Edition
l Windows Server 2003 or 2003 R2 Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard, Web
Edition, Small Business Server, or Storage Server Edition. Each of the
Windows 2003 operating systems require Service Pack 1 or later.
If you are protecting an entire server, the repository server must have the same or
newer operating system. For example, you cannot have Windows 2008 on the
source and Windows 2003 on the target. The two servers do not have to have the
same level of service pack or hotfix, however the R2 release is considered a
different operating system. For example, you cannot have Windows 2008 R2 on
the source and Windows 2008 on the target. The Windows edition (Standard,
Enterprise, and so on) does not have to be the same.
l Architecture—32-bit and 64-bit architectures are supported.
l File system—Storage Mirroring Replicate supports the same file system formats
that Microsoft supports: FAT, FAT32, and NTFS.
l System memory—There are different memory requirements depending on the
system architecture you are using. Be sure you have at least the minimum amount
of memory for your environment. You should consider having at least the
recommended amount of system memory, especially if your repository server is
protecting multiple source servers.
l i386 operating systems—The minimum system memory is 128 MB. The
recommended system memory is at least 512 MB.
l x64 operating systems—The minimum system memory is 512 MB. The
recommended system memory is at least 1024 MB.
l Disk space for program files—This is the amount of disk space, approximately
130 MB, needed on the repository server to hold the Storage Mirroring Replicate
program files.
l Disk space for data files—This is the amount of disk space on the repository
server to hold all of the source data files. This will be dependent on the number of
sources you are protecting, the applications you are running on each source, and
the amount of data files on each source.