Site Recovery Manager System Requirements

The system on which you deploy Site Recovery Manager must meet specific hardware requirements.

Minimum System Requirements for the Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance

Site Recovery Manager is distributed as a 64-bit virtual appliance packaged in the .ovf format. You must deploy the virtual appliance in a vCenter Server environment by using the OVF deployment wizard on an ESXi host.

Deployment type	Requirement
Light	2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, one 16 GB hard disk, and one 4 GB hard disk, 1 Gbit network card. You can use the light deployment type for deployments that protect less than 1000 virtual machines. Note: To increase the number of vCPUs and RAM, edit the settings of the Site Recovery Manager appliance virtual machine.
Standard	4 vCPU, 12 GB RAM, one 16 GB hard disk, and one 4 GB hard disk, 1 Gbit network card. Use the standard deployment type for deployments that protect more than 1000 virtual machines.