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System Resource Requirements

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      Although resource requirements will largely depend on the size and resource demands of your Couchbase deployment, there are some minimum and recommended specifications that you should follow.
      Minimum Specifications* Recommended Specifications**

      CPU

      2 GHz dual core x86_64

      3 GHz quad core x86_64 and above

      3 GHz six core x86_64 when using Cross Datacenter Replication (XDCR) and Views

      RAM

      4 GB (physical)

      16 GB (physical) and above

      Storage (disk space)

      8 GB (block-based; HDD, SSD, EBS, iSCSI)

      Network file systems such as CIFS and NFS are not supported.

      16 GB and above (block-based; HDD, SSD, EBS, iSCSI)

      Network file systems such as CIFS and NFS are not supported.

      *You can reduce the CPU and RAM resources below the Minimum Specifications for development and testing purposes. Resources can be as low as 1 GB of free RAM beyond operating system requirements, and a single CPU core. However, you must adhere to the Minimum Specifications for production.

      **The Recommended Specifications don’t take into account your intended workload. You should follow the sizing guidelines when determining system specifications for your Couchbase Server deployment.