vCenter server installation minimum hardware requirements
| Host Hardware for Simple Install Deployment | Minimum Requirement |
| Processor | Intel or AMD x64 processor with two or more |
| logical cores, each with a speed of 2 GHz. | |
| Memory | 12 GB. |
| Memory | |
| requirements are higher if the vCenter Server database runs on the same | |
| machine as vCenter Server. | |
| vCenter Server | |
| includes several Java services: VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices | |
| (tc Server), Inventory Service, and Profile-Driven Storage Service. When you | |
| install vCenter Server, you select the size of your vCenter Server inventory | |
| to allocate memory for these services. The inventory size determines the | |
| maximum JVM heap settings for the services. You can change this setting after | |
| the installation if the number of hosts in your environment changes. For | |
| more information, see the recommendations in JVM Heap settings for | |
| vCenter Server. | |
| Disk storage | 40-60 GB of free disk space is required |
| after the installation, depending on the size of your inventory. You | |
| should provide more space to allow for future growth of your inventory. | |
| Disk | |
| storage requirements are higher if the vCenter Server database runs on the | |
| same machine as vCenter Server, depending on the size of those databases. | |
| In | |
| vCenter Server 5.x, the default size for vCenter Server logs is 450 MB larger | |
| than in vCenter Server 4.x. Ensure the disk space allotted to the log folder | |
| is sufficient for this increase. | |
| Network speed | 1 Gbps |