System Requirements - BDRShield Backup Server

System Requirements - BDRShield Backup Server

The system where you want to install the BDRShield Backup Server should meet the following requirements;

OS Windows OS 
  1. Windows Server 2025 (Standard, Datacenter)
  2. Windows Server 2022 (Standard, Datacenter)
  3. Windows Server 2019 (Essentials, Standard, Datacenter)
  4. Windows Server 2019 Core (Standard, Datacenter)
  5. Windows Server 2016 (Essentials, Standard, Datacenter)
  6. Windows Server 2016 Core (Standard, Datacenter)
  7. Windows Server 2012 R2 (Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter)
  8. Windows Server 2012 R2 Core (Standard, Datacenter)
  9. Windows 11(Home, Pro) *For Evaluation only
  10. Windows 10 (Home, Pro, Enterprise) *For Evaluation only
Linux OS
  1. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  2. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  3. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  4. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
RAM
8 GB (Minimum)
16 GB (Recommended)
CPU
Quad-Core processor(Minimum)
Octa-Core Processor(Recommended)
Network1 Gbps & above. While replicating the on-site copy over WAN, 1 Mbps & above
Browser
Microsoft Edge 98 & above
Mozilla Firefox 53 & above
Google Chrome 68 & above

Notes
Note: Only 64-bit architecture of Windows & Linux Operating Systems are supported
  1. The performance of the VMware and Hyper-V backups depends on the RAM & CPU availability of the BDRShield Backup Server.
    1. Normally, 4 GB RAM will be utilized to run the BDRShield Backup Server and database services.
  2. If only one backup job is active, then it will use the remaining memory (approx. 4 GB RAM).
  3. If two concurrent backups are active, then each backup job will use approx. 2 GB RAM.
The memory utilization will be divided based on active concurrent backup jobs. We recommend allocating approximately 500 MB RAM for each active, backup job. If you want to run 8 concurrent backup jobs in your BDRShield Backup Server, you should assign 8 GB RAM (4 GB for BDRShield Backup Server and 4 GB to process the backup jobs).
To avoid significant CPU usage during active, backup progress, the BDRShield Backup Server machine should be assigned with enough vCPUs or cores. Normally, one vCPU or core is enough to handle 8 concurrent backup jobs activity (such as read/write).
Notes
Note: The above-mentioned memory and CPU utilization are the same for the BDRShield Backup Server (Windows & Linux) deployed in physical and virtual environments.

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