Hardware Requirements for a VCS Cluster
A VCS cluster requires the following hardware:
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Description
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VCS systems
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From 1 to 32 HP systems running HP-UX 11iv2.
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DVD drive
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One DVD drive on each system or a drive accessible to each.
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Disks
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Typical VCS configurations require shared disks to support applications that migrate between systems in the cluster.
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Disk Space
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To run VCS, LLT, GAB, the Web Console, and the Java Console, each VCS system requires the following file system space:
- 350 MB in /opt
- 20 MB in /usr
- 2 MB in /
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Fibre Channel or SCSI host bus adapters
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VCS requires at least one built-in SCSI adapter per system to access the operating system disks, and at least one additional SCSI or Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter per system for shared data disks.
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RAM
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Each VCS system requires at least 256 megabytes.
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