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license_1edisou
Level 2

Hello,

This is my first time posting on the Symantec website, I have been search around and have not been able to find the answer I am looking for.  I am lookig at purchasing new backup servers and would like to know the recommended hardware requirements.  I have found the documentation that says the minimum is 1 GB of ram but I was wondering if anyone knew how much of a performance increase would 16GB of ram compared to 32GB or 64GB.  Please let me know.

I am running Backup Exec 2014

Thank you.

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SA_Techie
Level 3

Hi, 

I would recommend you to go through Admin guide, System requirements [Pg no. 63 -65] to get more info on hardware requirements

 

pkh
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If you are using the dedup option, there are additional requirements.  See the Admin Guide and this document

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO74446

license_1edisou
Level 2

Thank you for your responses, however the pages suggested in the admin guide I have already read, I am wondering what benefits there are if any, if we were to upgrade our servers from 16GB to 32 or 64GB of RAM.  I am not using the dedup option.  Please let me know.

Thank you

license_1edisou
Level 2

Thank you for your responses, however the pages suggested in the admin guide I have already read, I am wondering what benefits there are if any, if we were to upgrade our servers from 16GB to 32 or 64GB of RAM.  I am not using the dedup option.  Please let me know.

Thank you

pkh
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Apart from dedup, BE does not require much resources. If you have the minimum 1Gb of RAM for BE above the OS requirement then it should be enough. I have not seen any document recommending a lot of RAM for BE