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# Hardware and System Requirements

Details the hardware sizing, system prerequisites and supported OS versions for deploying the Enterprise Manager server and agents, and the supported GridGain Control Center versions.

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 and ARM64
* Linux OS with either of the supported container engines
  * Docker with Docker Compose <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](/docs/server/mariadb-quickstart-guides/basics-guide.md#connecting-to-mariadb-server) and [MaxScale](/docs/tools/enterprise/mariadb-enterprise-operator/topologies/maxscale.md) 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**         | <p>RHEL/Rocky/AlmaLinux/Oracle Linux 8, 9, 10</p><p>Ubuntu LTS 22.04, 24.04</p><p>Debian 11, 12, 13</p><p>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP7</p>        |
| **11.8**               | <p>RHEL/Rocky/AlmaLinux/Oracle Linux 8, 9, 10</p><p>Ubuntu LTS 22.04, 24.04, 26.04</p><p>Debian 11, 12, 13</p><p>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP7</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, 26.04</p><p>Debian 11, 12, 13</p><p>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP7</p> |

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

## GridGain Control Center

To show GridGain 8 clusters in Enterprise Manager, connect Enterprise Manager to GridGain Control Center. See [Add a GridGain 8 Cluster](/docs/tools/enterprise/mariadb-enterprise-manager/administration/deployment/adding-databases/add-gridgain-8-cluster.md).

| Enterprise Manager Version | GridGain Control Center Version | GridGain Version |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| **26.10** and later        | **2026.2** and later            | GridGain 8       |

Control Center runs on its own host, separate from the Enterprise Manager Server.

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