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Realistic space and general hardware requirements for a lab

Vladimir — Sat, 08 May 2021 13:24:59 GMT

I am in a process of creating lab environment that should be tailored to lowest possible hardware resources. In the process of going through R80.40 documentation, I see this:

and it does not make much sense to me, since MDM is listed requiring less space than SMS or even a Gateway.

Can someone clarify, what can I get away with while running stable lab setup?

Thank you,

Vladimir

Re: Realistic space and general hardware requirements for a lab

PhoneBoy — Sat, 08 May 2021 15:05:35 GMT

My guess is at least 100GB per domain/CMA.
I don’t think any of this includes slack space in the partitions needed for upgrades.

Re: Realistic space and general hardware requirements for a lab

Vladimir — Sat, 08 May 2021 15:43:46 GMT

In that case, the gateway requirements do not make sense: why would those need 100GB unless you are running TE on the appliance?

Re: Realistic space and general hardware requirements for a lab

PhoneBoy — Sun, 09 May 2021 23:36:19 GMT

It comes down to similar reasons: needing room to apply patches.
Remember every time you do a CPUSE, a snapshot of the root filesystem is taken.
Depending on the size of your root filesystem, 100GB is 2-3 snapshots.