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2 System requirements
Before configuring the default
•The system must have the required packages, patches, and kernel parameter settings.
•DNS must be properly configured on the target system.
•The host server must have a static IP address.
System settings, like the number of file descriptors and TCP information, should be reconfigured to optimize the Directory Server performance.
This chapter covers the software and hardware requirements, operating system patches and settings, and system configurations that are necessary for Directory Server to perform well.
NOTE:
The requirements outlined in this chapter apply to production systems. For evaluating or prototyping Directory Server, you may choose not to fulfill all these requirements.
2.1 Hardware requirements
Table
Table 2-1 Hardware requirements
Item | Description of requirement |
Computer System | HP 9000 (PA2.0) or HP Integrity system |
Physical Memory | At least 256 MB of memory. |
| HP recommends that you have 512 MB to 4 GB of memory for best performance on large |
| production systems. |
| The physical memory requirements for each Directory Server process depend on your |
| particular configuration and database. Each server process requires at least 15 MB of memory. |
| However, the server caches recently used entries. Depending on the size of the database |
| served and the size of the entries cached, the memory requirements for a typical Directory |
| Server process can exceed 2 GB. |
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