# Hardware and System Requirements

This guide outlines the system and hardware requirements for deploying the Enterprise Manager Server and the Enterprise Manager Agent.

## Enterprise Manager Server 🖥️

The Enterprise Manager Server is the central component that hosts the UI and stores monitoring data.

### Hardware Sizing Guide

<table><thead><tr><th>Monitored Servers</th><th width="138.78125">CPU</th><th width="146.59375">Memory (RAM)</th><th>Storage (SSD)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>50</strong></td><td>4 cores</td><td>8 GB</td><td>200 GB</td></tr><tr><td><strong>200</strong></td><td>16 cores</td><td>32 GB</td><td>800 GB</td></tr><tr><td><strong>500+</strong></td><td>48 cores</td><td>96 GB</td><td>2000 GB</td></tr></tbody></table>

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### System Requirements

* CPU Architecture: x86-64
* Linux OS with either of the supported container engines
  * Docker with Docker Compose
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    <https://docs.docker.com/engine/install>
  * Podman with Podman Compose
    * The podman-docker compatibility package is required to enable the docker CLI for Podman. All commands in this guide documented for Docker work similarly with Podman.

## Enterprise Manager Agent🕵

The agent must be installed on each [MariaDB Server](https://app.gitbook.com/s/SsmexDFPv2xG2OTyO5yV/mariadb-quickstart-guides/basics-guide#connecting-to-mariadb-server) and [MaxScale](https://mariadb.com/docs/tools/mariadb-enterprise-operator/topologies/maxscale) instance you wish to monitor. Below are the supported operating systems.

### Supported Platforms for MariaDB Server

| MariaDB Server Version | Supported OS (x86\_64, ARM64)                                                                           |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **10.6, 11.4, 11.8**   | <p>RHEL/Rocky/AlmaLinux/Oracle Linux 8, 9, 10</p><p>Ubuntu LTS 22.04, 24.04</p><p>Debian 11, 12, 13</p> |

### Supported Platforms for MariaDB MaxScale

| MaxScale Version                                              | Supported OS (x86\_64, ARM64)                                                              |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **23.02\***, **23.08\***, **24.02\***, **25.01\***, **25.10** | <p>RHEL/Rocky/AlmaLinux 8, 9, 10</p><p>Ubuntu LTS 22.04, 24.04</p><p>Debian 11, 12, 13</p> |

\* Monitoring and Single Sign-On(SSO) are only supported for MaxScale versions 25.10 and Above

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