Operating System Requirements - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 7.0 Installation Manual

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systems, you should plan at least 2
databases, and log files (log files require 1
may be required for very large directories.
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performance on large production systems.
The table below contains some guidelines for disk space and memory requirements
depending on the number of entries managed by your Directory Server. This
assumes entries in the LDIF file are approximately 100 bytes in size and only the
recommended indexes are configured. If you are using larger entries, make sure
that at least four times the size of the LDIF file is available on disk.
Number of Entries
10,000 - 250,000 entries
250,000 - 1,000,000 entries
Over 1,000,000 entries

Operating System Requirements

This section contains information on operating-system versions and patches
required for installing Directory Server:
• dsktune Utility
• HP-UX 11i Operating System
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 3 Operating System
• Sun Solaris 9 Operating System
• DNS and NIS Requirements (UNIX Only)
of disk space for a minimal installation. For production
Mbyte
of RAM. However, you should plan for 1
Mbyte
Disk Space and Memory Required
Free disk space: 2Gbyte Free memory: 256Mbyte
Free disk space: 4Gbyte Free memory: 512Mbyte
Free disk space: 8Gbyte Free memory: 1Gbyte
to support the product binaries,
Gbyte
by default); 4
Gbyte
Gbyte
Chapter 2 Computer System Requirements
Operating System Requirements
and greater
Gbyte
of RAM for best
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