BigFix Server System Requirements
BigFix Server System Requirements
1+ y Windows 2003 (x86/x64) Enterprise - BigFix 6.0+ Recommended Databases y SQL Server 2008 - BigFix 7.2+ y SQL Server 2008 R2 - BigFix 8.0+ y SQL Server 2005 (x86/x64) Enterprise - BigFix 6.0+
BigFix Server Hardware Specifications:Deployment Size < 250 1,000 10,000 50,000 100,000 > 200,000 CPU 2-3 GHz 2-3 GHz - 2 Cores 2-3 GHz - 2-4 Cores 2-3 GHz - 4 Cores 2-3 GHz - 4-8 Cores Memory 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB Hard Disks Standard HD 1 RAID Array (RAID 10, 5) 1-2 RAID Arrays (RAID 10) 2 RAID Arrays (RAID 10)
Network Requirements: y The BES Server must have Internet access. y The firewall/proxy cannot strip out unknown HTTP headers when the BES Server connects to the BigFix Fixlet servers at
y y y y
http://sync.bigfix.com on port 80. All BES Clients should be able to connect to the BES Server using HTTP on the specified port (default port is 52311). The BES Server should be able to send UDP messages on the specified port (default port is 52311) to all the BES Clients. The BES Server must be accessible from each BES Console using an ODBC connection. Avoid running personal firewall products on the BES Server
y y y
Systems Management Server (SMS) Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Microsoft Works