Planning

One installation of Tranzman Appliance can be used to convert many environments, however, the following requirements need to be met.

RAM

• Minimum of 8GB of RAM.
• Additional 1GB of RAM is required for every tape drive connected to the Appliance.

CPU

• Minimum 4 core Intel CPU is required.
• Additional 1 core for every tape drive connected to the Appliance.
• Additional cores required for multiple conversions at the same time.
• AMD processors are not supported at this moment.

Network

• 1Gbit minimum connection required.
• 10Gbit connection recommended to ensure that duplication can drive destination media at a reasonable speed.
• 2 x 1Gbit connections (per tape drive) can be used if no 10Gbit NIC is present.
• If multiple links are used, aggregation is needed to provide maximum throughput.

Storage

• Local/SAN attached disks needed for temporary staging of converted images, sized according to volume of recoveries to accommodate at any one time.

Devices (tape)

Network

Storage