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Hardware Requirements

Review the hardware requirements for the computer where Netwrix Data Classification will be installed.

You can deploy Netwrix Data Classification on a virtual machine running Microsoft Windows guest OS on the corresponding virtualization platform, in particular:

  • VMware vSphere
  • Microsoft Hyper-V
  • Nutanix AHV

Note that Netwrix Data Classification supports only Windows OS versions listed in the Software Requirements section.

Netwrix Data Classification Server​

The requirements in this section apply to a single Netwrix Data Classification server.

To deploy a server cluster, make sure all planned cluster nodes meet the requirements listed below. Consider deploying 1 Netwrix Data Classification Server per approx. 16, 000, 000 objects to process.

See Deployment Planning and Configuring NDC Servers Cluster and Load Balancing with DQS Mode for more information.

Hardware Component1 Server per 16 M objects
Cores8 Cores
RAM32 GB
Hard diskUP TO 35% of all data in scope
Hard drive typeSSD storage (recommended)

SQL Server​

Review the hardware requirements for the computer where Netwrix Data Classification SQL Database will be deployed.

Hardware ComponentUp to 16 M objectsUp to 32 M objects and up to 8 M objects for SharePointUp to 64 M objects and up to 16 M objects for SharePoint
Processor8 cores8 cores8 cores
RAM32 GB64 GB128 GB
Hard diskEstimate required disk space assuming 10 - 12 KB per indexed object. For example, for 5, 000, 000 objects, the database size will be approximately 50 GB. See also Deployment Planning.
Hard disk typeSSD storage (recommended)

Network Access​

SpecificationRequirement
Network accessEnsure that your Netwrix Data Classification servers are available over the network on a HTTP compliant port from all machines where the client interface (management console) will run.