Hardware Requirements; X86 And X86_64 Hardware Requirements - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.3.0 Installation Manual

Chapter 2. Requirements
Synchronization Tool or obtained from your Red Hat representative if synchronization is not
possible, such as in a disconnected environment.
When installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 or later from CD or ISO image, there is no need to
select any package groups, only the base install is required. When installing either operating system
via kickstart, select the @ Base package group.

2.2. Hardware Requirements

RHN Satellite supports several hardware architectures. The following table illustrates the architecture
support for RHN Satellite on both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
RHEL Version
RHEL 4
RHEL 5
Table 2.1. RHN Satellite on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Architecture Support

2.2.1. x86 and x86_64 Hardware Requirements

The following table shows the required and recommended hardware configurations on the x86 and
x86_64 platform for the two types of RHN Satellite:
Stand-Alone Database
Required - Intel Core processor, 2.4GHz, 512K
cache or equivalent
Recommended - Intel multi-core processor,
2.4GHz dual processor, 512K cache or
equivalent
Required - 2 GB of memory
Recommended - 8 GB of memory
5 GB storage for base install of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
At least 30 GB storage per software channel
(including Base and child channels), in /var/
satellite/, configurable at install
Recommended - an external SAN for more
reliable backups
Table 2.2. Stand-Alone Database and Embedded Database Satellite Hardware Requirements
The following hardware configuration is required for the Stand-Alone Database:
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x86 x86_64
yes yes
yes yes
Embedded Database
Required - Intel Core processor, 2.4GHz, 512K
cache or equivalent
Recommended - Intel multi-core processor,
2.4GHz dual processor, 512K cache or
equivalent
Required - 2 GB of memory
Strongly recommended - 8 GB of memory
5 GB storage for base install of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
At least 30 GB storage per software channel
(including Base and child channels), in /var/
satellite/, configurable at install
Recommended - an external SAN for more
reliable backups
12 GB storage for the database repository, in the
/rhnsat partition (local storage only)
Strongly recommended - a SCSI drive connected
to a level 5 RAID
Separate partition (or better, a separate set of
physical disks) for storing backups. This can be
any directory specifiable at backup time.
s390 s390x
yes yes
no yes